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Civil Rights - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Definition of 'Civil Rights'Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. (from http://www.usccr.gov/ accessed 1/31/2003) Common names: Civil Rights; Civil Right; Right, Civil; Rights, Civil; Voting Rights; Right, Voting; Rights, Voting; Voting Right; Legal Rights; Legal Right; Right, Legal; Rights, Legal; Due Process; Equal Protection; Protection, Equal |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
The vote of acute medical inpatients: a prospective study.
30 Jul 2009 
OBJECTIVE: There may be ethical issues associated with allowing certain inpatients to vote as some may be cognitively impaired. During the 2007 elections in France, we conducted a prospective observational study on voting among hospitalized ... Read more...
Binge drinking among youths and young adults in the United States: 1979-2006.
29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate trends in the past 30-day prevalence of binge drinking by age, sex, and student status, among youths and young adults in the United States between 1979 and 2006, a period that encompasses the federally mandated transition to a ... Read more...
Policy aspects and nursing care of families with parents who are sexual minorities.
14 Jun 2009 Families in which parents are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender are more diverse than they are similar. This article reviews current literature to identify fundamental issues facing families that include sexual minority parents and their ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Civil Rights - Legislation & jurisprudence'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- When it comes to HIV infection, some are more equal than others.
30 Aug 2009 - The vote of acute medical inpatients: a prospective study. 30 Jul 2009
- Iran presidential candidate speaks out. Interview by Declan Butler. 7 Jul 2009
- Prescribing records and the First Amendment. 7 Jul 2009
- We are all Iranians. 30 Jun 2009
- Criminal evidence. R v Michael Christopher Horncastle (1) David Lee Blackmore (2): R v Abijah Marquis (1) Joseph David Grahan (2): R v David Michael Carter (2009). 29 Jun 2009
- Binge drinking among youths and young adults in the United States: 1979-2006. 29 Jun 2009
- Parallel proceedings and the perils of the adverse inference. 29 Jun 2009
- Policy aspects and nursing care of families with parents who are sexual minorities. 14 Jun 2009
- Does ratification of human-rights treaties have effects on population health? 4 Jun 2009
- [The current situation regarding guarantees of legal rights to social welfare and nursing care in Japan: based on an analysis of adjudications spanning the period 1960 to 2005] 30 May 2009
- Your NEW rights at work. 30 May 2009
- [Is the "psychopathy concept" applicable to expert opinions in civil suits?] 30 May 2009
- Handguns, health, and the Second Amendment. 26 May 2009
- New York City's war on fat. 5 May 2009
- Parental rights recognised. 2 May 2009
- High Court ruling means people with mental illness may now get a fairer hearing in court. 29 Apr 2009
- Beyond Lawrence v. Texas: crafting a fundamental right to sexual privacy. 29 Apr 2009
- Adding insult to injury?: the untoward impact of requiring more than de minimis injury in an Eighth Amendment excessive force case. 29 Apr 2009
- Constitutional law--substantive due process--Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that criminal defendant's best interests justify forcible medication.--Commonwealth v. Sam, 952 A.2d 565 (Pa. 2008). 29 Apr 2009
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Technical information about 'Civil Rights'
Definition: Legal guarantee protecting the individual from attack on personal liberties, right to fair trial, right to vote, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. (from http://www.usccr.gov/ accessed 1/31/2003)
Descriptor UI: D002961
Alternative terms: Civil Rights; Civil Right; Right, Civil; Rights, Civil; Voting Rights; Right, Voting; Rights, Voting; Voting Right; Legal Rights; Legal Right; Right, Legal; Rights, Legal; Due Process; Equal Protection; Protection, Equal;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; injuries; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: I01.880.604.473.352; N03.706.437.352;
History Note: 68
Technical Notes: Specify geog; consider also HUMAN RIGHTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE; PRIVACY ACT see PRIVACY is also available