Ethical Issues in the Courts A Companion to Philosophical Ethics

by Van Camp, Julie C.

• ISBN13: 9780534550097
• ISBN10: 0534550096
• Format: Digital
• Copyright: 2000-08-09
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE COURTS: A COMPANION TO PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS includes excerpts from 70 important court decisions on ethical issues studied in undergraduate courses in philosophy, political science, and other disciplines, with discussion questions and study guides.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. HUMAN LIFE: BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS

ABORTION

Roe v

Wade

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Penn

v

Casey

EUTHANASIA

In the Matter of Karen Quinlan Cruzan v

Director, Missouri Department of Health

SUICIDE AND ASSISTED SUICIDE

Bouvia v

Glenchur

Donaldson v

Lungren

Washington v

Glucksberg

Vacco v

Quill

2. PRIVATE LIVES

EDUCATING CHILDREN

Wisconsin v

Yoder

Kiryas Joel Village School District v

Grumet

Plyler v

Doe

Vernonia School District v

Acton

SEX AND MARRIAGE

Griswold v

Connecticut

Carey v

Population Services International

Loving v

Virginia

In the Matter of Baby M

GAY RIGHTS

Bowers v

Hardwick

Watkins v

United States Army

Romer v

Evans

Baker v

Vermont

3. WAR, PEACE, AND PACIFISM

United States v

O'Brien

Welsh v

United States

Gillette v

United States

Rostker v

Goldberg

Fedorenko v

United States

4. THE ENVIRONMENT: PROTECTING NATURE AND ANIMAL RIGHTS

Tennessee Valley Authority v

Hill

Sierra Club v

Morton

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v

City of Hialeah

5. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

SYMBOLIC SPEECH

Cohen v

California

Texas v

Johnson

R

v

City of St

Paul

Wisconsin v

Mitchell

Collin v

Smith

OBSCENITY, PORNOGRAPHY, AND INDECENCY

Roth v

United States

Ginzburg v

United States

Stanley v

Georgia

Miller v

California

Southeastern Promotions v

Conrad

National Endowment for the Arts v

Finley

American Booksellers Association v

Hudnut

6. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Employment Div

Dept

of Human Resources v

Smith

Wallace v

Jaffree

Bd

of Ed

of the Westside Community Schools v

Mergens

Edwards v

Aguillard

7. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Korematsu v

United States

Plessy v

Ferguson

Brown v

Board of Education of Topeka

Regents of the University of California v

Bakke

Hopwood v

Texas

The Coalition v

Pete Wilson

8. SEX DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT

SEX DISCRIMINATION

California Federal Savings & Loan Assn

v

Guerra

International Union, UAW v

Johnson Controls

Michael M

v

Superior Court of Sonoma County

United States v

Virginia

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Meritor Savings Bank v

Vinson

Harris v

Forklift Systems

Gebser v

Lago Vista Independent School District

Oncale v

Sundowner Offshore Services

9. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Furman v

Georgia

Gregg v

Georgia

Coker v

Georgia

McClesky v

Kemp

Herrera v

Collin

10. BUSINESS ETHICS

Grimshaw v

Ford

Daniell v

Ford Motor Co

Inc

Penn Central Transportation Co

v

New York City

Deal v

Spears

11. COMPUTER ETHICS

United States v

Morris

United States v

Alkhabaz

Dept

of Justice v

Reporters Comm

for Freedom of the Press

Arizona v

Evans

Reno v

ACLU

How to Read a Court Decision

Legal Citation

Where to Find the Complete Text of Court Decisions

Glossary

Table of Cases