International Law

Griffin on Hard Core Living Constitutionalism
Stephen Griffin has a post entitled Hard Core Living Constitutionalism on Balkinization. Here is a taste: Hard core living constitutionalism means the Constitution and constitutional change should be described, explained, interpreted, and justified in a fully historicized way...

Are Partnership Distributions Means Test Income
The means test considers all regular family income. In some cases, it is unclear whether money the debtor receives to pay living expenses is income for means test purposes. Consider a person who invests $200,000 in to a business partnership...

Living Constitutionalism:
Michael Dorf has a new Findlaw column up on Who Killed the "Living Constitution"? in which he argues that " that the living Constitution is a problematic metaphor, but only...

Evolution and human/animal rights
The ideology of human rights is based on the exceptionality of humans. As stated in the Declaration of Independence, it is something intrinsic in humans that justifies these special “universal” standards of decency...

Living Trusts Are Revocable And Not An Asset Protection Tool
It comes up all the time. A call comes in from a potential client: "I need to set up a living trust now to protect my assets. " Generally, if the person (called the settlor) who created the living trust...

Balkin on Living Constitutionalism, Part Three
Check out Jack Balkin's What is Living Constitutonalism? Here is a taste: In general, living constitutionalism of the sort I've described allows social and political mobilizations, working over long periods of time, to shift the interpretation and application of abstract...

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Chemical Companies
alleging danger to people living near the plants.

John Vermillion and Associates LLC et al.
allegedly misrepresented themselves as qualified financial advisers to sell living trusts and exploit senior citizens.

Adult Care
Friendship Care Assisted Living ordered to pay $20,000 fine for facility violations and negligence.