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The Eminent Tribunal

Francis Canavan

It is commonplace in pro-life circles to compare the U.S. Supreme Courtโ€™s decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) to the Courtโ€™s historic decision in 1857 in Dred Scott v....

Letting Go How We Die

Francis Canavan

Letting Go: Death, Dying, and the Law by melvin i. urofsky university of oklahoma press, 204 pages, $12.15 A professor of constitutional law and a doctor write about dying...

The Popes and the Economy

Francis Canavan

Papal doctrine on political economy has long been misunderstood as well as mistrusted among those economic liberals who in the United States have the curious habit of calling themselves...