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Law and Society
Court Cases Relevant to Social Life
15
Law
Undergraduate 4
05/09/2010

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Pure Food and Drug Act
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1906-must include ingredients, regulated the manufacture and sale of drugs and food
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Harrison Narcotics Act
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1914-regulated the production and movement of opiates
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18th Amendment
Definition
1919-prohibition-repealed in 1933.
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The Marijuana Tax Act
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1937-taxed and regulated marijuana thus helped criminalize it.
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Sherri Finkbone Case
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Abortion-1961-took a drug that caused birth defects, but couldn't get abortion because she was in the spotlight.
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Roe v. Wade
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1973-state can't regulate abortion in 1st trimester, 2nd trimester can regulate for maternal health, 3rd can choose to prohibit
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Mann Act
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1910-Crime to transport women across state lines for any "immoral" purpose
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Griswold v. Connecticut
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1965-Allowed birth control under rights to privacy and 14th amendment
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Comstock Laws
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1873-illegal to send obscene, lewd, or lascivious materials through mail, including contraceptives.
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Bowers v. Hardwick
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Supreme court upheld Georgia law against sodomy in case against man caught engaging in consensual gay sex in own home.
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Lawrence v. Texas
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Struck down precedence of Bowers v. Hardwick establishing privacy for sodomy and overruled sodomy law in Texas.
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Jones v. Clinton
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Sitting President is not immune from civil law litigation regarding acts rior to taking office and unrelated to office.
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Sono Bono Copyrigth Term Act
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1998-copyright terms extended 20 years, some even retroactively.
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Electronic Theft Act
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1997-crime to reproduce electronic copies of copyrighted works even if there is no commercial purpose.
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Definition
Extends copyright law to criminalizing any products or services that assist in the circumvention of restricted copyrighted access.
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