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Topic: Biotechnology and Designer Babies
We are asked to give a personal consideration regarding biotechnology and the so-called “designer...
Topic: Biotechnology and Designer Babies
We are asked to give a personal consideration regarding biotechnology and the so-called “designer babies.” Before expressing my reflections on this topic, I must indicate that this field is full of...
Legal Argumentation: Classical Roots
Juan Antonio García Amado, in his essay “Rhetoric, Argumentation, and Law,” explains that in order to understand the role that rhetoric currently plays in legal argumentation, it is necessary to...
Principles related to the principle of favorability
Eduardo Jorge Prats indicates that the constitution and fundamental rights must be interpreted and applied in a way that optimizes their maximum effectiveness to favor the holder of these rights....
Public Powers & Constitutional Bodies
1. main functions of the public powers Article 4 of the Constitution of the Dominican Republic establishes the division of the government of the Nation into three public powers: the legislative, the...
Three Types of Ignorance: Law, Policy & Science
Ernesto Garzón Valdez, in his article “Restrictions of Representative Democracy”, explains that two anthropological conceptions have historically dominated political thought. On the one hand, there...
Bioethics and the Universal Declaration of Rights
Below, I present my response to the questions that were assigned to us for this module. Through them, I was able to learn about the existence of the UDBHR of 2005, the International Declaration on...
The Active Role of the Amparo Judge in Protecting Rights
The provisions of Article 85 of the Law on the Constitutional Court and Constitutional Procedures establish that the amparo judge shall, ex officio, supply any legal ground and may, in a single...
Understanding the Foundations of Bioethics
When I attended Law School, in my inheritance law classes, we discussed whether a biological child could inherit even if he or she had not been conceived during the lifetime of the father. When this...
Literal Interpretation: Objective or Arbitrary?
Despite the apparent simplicity of the question posed at the beginning of this essay, we cannot deny the multiple concepts that intersect in order to provide an adequate answer. First, legal...








