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The AIDS Litigation Project: HIV/AIDS in the Courts in the 1990s, Part 1

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 4 (Winter 1997): 105-121
L.O. Gostin and D.W. Webber

The AIDS Litigation Project III is a comprehensive survey of the more than 550 cases reported in the federal and state courts in the United States between 1991 and 1997. Part 1 discusses the duties of government and individuals in the HIV epidemic, while Part 2 discusses the rights of individuals. The AIDS epidemic has had an enormous impact on the legal system and on American society itself. The courts have been called upon to adversial issues in health law, policy, and ethics. This study provides a window on the social response to the epidemic, which has often been characterized by fear, prejudice, and ignorance.
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