RESEARCH IN LAW

POSSIBLE PATHFINDER RESEARCH TOPICS

Should courts compel anonymous sperm donors to give testimony regarding personal medical histories? What legal, ethical, medical and public policy consequences result when an anonymous sperm donor refuses to give testimony?

The enforcement of foreign libel judgments: should U. S. courts ever enforce them, and if so, under what circumstances?

Zero tolerance school drug policies: too far, not far enough, or just right?

The constitutionality of "veggie libel" statutes

The constitutionality of "faith based" programs and offices, such as the one proposed by President Bush

The Florida vote controversy

Does England’s new "no right to silence" statute offend the European Convention on Human Rights?

Does a pregnant woman have the right to refuse treatment for her fetus on religious grounds?

Do statutes like "Megan’s Law" unconstitutionally burden the released offender’s right of privacy?

Legal and public policy issues involving "telemedicine"

Is failure to do adequate legal research grounds for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim?

Constitutionality of school dress codes

Minimum standards of competence for defense attorneys in death penalty cases 

Legal and public policy surrounding genetically engineered organisms

Does the attorney client privilege survive the death of all parties and controversies? For example, if a legal historian comes across the files of Abraham Lincoln's personal lawyers, would it be protected by attorney client privilege so that study or  publication of the papers would be prohibited? 

Implications and issues involving the Patriot Act of 2000

Other possibilities for pathfinders include bibliographic essays on a particular body of material, such as conspiracy theories and the John F. Kennedy assassination, an emerging subdiscipline such as that of law and film, or a school of thought, such as Critical Race Theory. See also the LawTopic website for ideas.

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