Citing recent legal and social research, the author defines different types of biases, how prevalent they are in the legal realm, and how all people, especially attorneys, can “debias” or challenge their own biases.
TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) - A law prohibiting “wrongful birth” lawsuits by parents who claim they would have aborted a disabled fetus had they known of its condition doesn’t violate the Kansas Constitution, the state’s high court ruled, because the cause of action was created by the Kansas Supreme Court in 1990.
Citing a rule that drew heavy criticism from several justices, the Kansas Supreme Court said the state constitutional guarantee of a right to trial by jury in civil cases only applies to cases that would have been allowed under the common law when the Kansas Constitution was adopted in 1859.