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PARENS PATRIAE DOCTRINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Health Law
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

[The] counsel for the Canadian Mental Health Association contended that the weight of authority in the United States is to the effect that there is no inherent jurisdiction in state courts, either by way of the parens patriae doctrine or otherwise, to order the sterilization of persons found to be mentally incompetent.

Key term(s)
  • parens patriae

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
CONT

L'extension de la doctrine parens patriae [...] ne devrait pas être considérée comme une sanction implicite du droit de l'enfant d'intenter une poursuite contre sa mère en raison des «choix de mode de vie» qu'elle a faits pendant sa grossesse.

Spanish

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