Engdahl, Sylvia

This anthology examines six cases concerning treatment of the mentally ill: Parham v. J.R., Rogers v. Okin, Mills v. Rogers, Rogers v. Commissioner, Youngberg v. Romeo, and Olmstead v. L.C. and E.W.

This anthology examines four cases concerning initiatives by the United States government to reduce illegal drug trade: National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab; United States v. Ursery; Pottawatomie v. Earls; and Gonzales v. Raich.

This anthology examines four cases concerning medical rights: Henning Jacobson v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health; Charles Thomas Sell v. United States; and Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. Andrew von Eschenbach.

Contains nineteen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to free speech, including upholding non-disruptive free speech in schools, denying free speech in school publications, banning Internet pornography, and suppressing student speech that advocates using drugs, and provides contact information for organizations and a bibliography.

A collection of primary resources examining controversies surrounding the elderly, including negative stereotypes that impact Americans' perceptions of the elderly, depression, medical care, and poverty.

Presents controversies about building the Panama Canal and offers first-person narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by this event.

Offers a look at the Apollo Moon Landing, discusses the controversies surrounding it, and presents personal narratives of the event.

Provides background information on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and presents controversies surrounding the event, and also offers personal narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by this event.

Contains over twenty essays that offer varying perspectives on controversial issues related to prescription drugs, such as safety, the promotion of drugs by pharmaceutical companies, and cost.

A collection of twenty-eight essays that offers varying perspective on issues related to domestic wiretapping, debating if the provisions of the Patriot Act are necessary, if it is illegal to wiretap without warrants, and other aspects on the subject.