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You, the Jury
Web Destinations
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- Codes of Professional Ethics
This Web site is a collection of the codes of ethics of various professions.
- Ethics Connection: From the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
This Web site includes case studies for discussion, resources for making ethical decisions, a database of articles addressing ethical issues and a collection of links.
- Curbing Gang Activities
Alabama League Of Municipalities discusses the “urban war zone" and the “problems associated with the activities of youth gangs.”
- Pinstripes And Jailhouse Stripes: The Case Of "Athlete's Immunity"
Bart Aronson “explores the reasons athletes often get off scot-free for on-field or in-ring violence that, if it happened on the street, would merit arrest, conviction and jail time.”
- Crown Of Blood: A Review Of My Bloody Life: The Making Of A Latin King
Bart Aronson's review of the new gang memoir, My Bloody Life “explains the limits of laws designed to address gang activities.”
- King Solomon in The 21st Century
Sherry Colb “analyzes the Supreme Court's recent decision addressing parents' ability to control the visitation rights of those who want to spend time with their children.”
- How Reliable Is Eyewitness Testimony?: A Decision By New York State's Highest Court Reveals Unsettling Truths About Juries
Michael Dorf “discusses a recent decision of New York's highest court to allow expert testimony on the reliability of eyewitnesses, but only on a case-by-case basis. Dorf explains why circumstantial evidence is more reliable than we think, and eyewitness identification much less so, and discusses the ramifications of the ruling.”
- Can The Fifty States' Grandparent Visitation Statutes Survive In The Wake Of The Supreme Court's Decision In Troxel V. Granville?
Joanna Grossman “discusses the ramifications for the states of the Supreme Court's decision in Troxel v. Granville, which invalidated the State of Washington's third-party visitation statute. That statute had broadly authorized courts to order parents to allow third parties, such as grandparents, to visit their children even over the parents' objection. Although the Court specifically noted certain states' statutes with approval in Troxel, other states, and state courts, are trying to work out their own responses to Troxel. Grossman explains the issues and the recent response by New York courts.”
- The Virtues Of Virtual Parenting: Can The Internet Replace Visitation When A Custodial Parent Relocates?
Joanna Grossman “discusses a recent New Jersey case that raises an interesting question: Could Internet communication using webcams, instant messages, e-mails, and so on, count towards a noncustodial parent's visitation schedule with his or her child? If so, it may be easier for custodial parents to get court permission to move with their children to a distant state over a noncustodial parent's objection.”
- Deciding How To Divide Children's Time
Dahlia Lithwick discusses the “Troxel v. Granville” (the grandparents' rights case) “what the modern ‘family’ means, both practically and as a matter of constitutional law.
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