Includes bibliographical references (p. 315) and index.
Contents
Civil liberties. DNA databases -- Adoption controversies -- Gay rights -- Criminal justice. Prison-building boom -- Policing the police -- Drug policy -- Setting the boundaries of business. Antitrust policy -- Utility deregulation -- Public policy in the courtroom. Closing in on tobacco -- High-impact litigation -- Medicine and the law. Patients' rights -- Embryo research -- Medical mistakes -- The Internet and the law. Internet privacy -- Digital commerce -- Copyright and the Internet.