New legal rights in the legal system of the United States of America

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1. Introduction. 2. The Right Tü The Protection Of The Environment. 3. The Right To Privacy In Relations To Unsolicited Telemarketing Telephone Calls. 4. The Right To Sexual Offender Residential Information. 5. The Right To The Protection Of Victims Of Human Trafficking. 6. The Right To Marry Or To Civil Unions Between Same-Sex Couples. 7. The Right To Euthanasia Or Death With Dignity. 8. The Right To Determine What Medical Treatment To Receive And The Right To Organ Donation. 9. Supreme Court Opinions 2008. 10. Conclusión.

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New legal rights in the legal system of the United States of America

Instructor of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas since 2000 and Visiting Professor since 1994. Prof. Rosas received his law degree from the Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico where he previously obtained the degree of Electrical Mechanic Engineer. Professor Rosas' postgraduate studies include Harvard Graduate School of Business, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Oxford Centre for Management Studies. He also studied graduate courses on comparative law of Mexico and the United States as well as canon law. He is a doctor of law at the Universidad Europea de Madrid. He has also been a professor of law at the Universidad de Guadalajara, from which he graduated at the top of his class. He worked at various law firms in Guadalajara and later established a solo practice. Professor Rosas has spoken at several conferences in Mexico, Spain, and the United States and is the author of numerous essays on the laws of those countries. He was recently elected director of the Commissión on Legal Affairs for the Advisory Council of the Institute of Mexicans Living Abroad where his main role is advising the President of Mexico in the design and formulation of policies concerning the Mexican communities in the United States.

Professor of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, Dean of the law school from 1998-2007. Professor Piatt received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1975. He also taught at several law schools throughout the United States and has taught as well as lectured in Mexico and Spain. He is the author of numerous books, including books on immigration law, language rights and race relations.

The authors would like to thank research assistant, Roel Gutierrez, prospective JD from St. Mary's Law School, San Antonio, TX, USA, class of 2009, for his valuable research Summary of Constitutional Rights, Powers and Duties, (consulted June 10, 2008)

1. Introduction

Currently, there exist an extensive variety of individual rights recognized not only nationally but internationally as well. Nevertheless, with the course of time and conforming to society's characteristics, they are changing; occasionally, governments consider it necessary to create additional protections for their citizens. Generally, these propositions are made possible through the creation and approval of new rights. Even though these new rights are based on other ...

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