Fall 2002
by Dale Frost Stillman
Last year, after Johnny Knoxville threw himself on a barbecue grill in an episode of MTV's Jackass, a 13-year-old boy from Connecticut re-enacted the stunt by having his friends pour gasoline on him and light him on fire. Are the producers of these television shows and the networks that air them to blame when copycat incidents occur?
by Valerie Brown, Esq.
Do you sometimes feel that the weight of the world is on your shoulders? It could just be your backpack.
by Roberta K. Glassner, Esq.
Over the summer, radio and television stations broke into their programming with the announcement. Headlines shouted the shocking news - A California Court Had Just Declared the Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional.
by Barbara Sheehan
It's the weekend and you're in the mood for a good movie. You log onto your computer and access a peer-to-peer networking service, such as "KaZaA" or "Morpheus," which allows you to tap into an anonymous hard drive and access "pirated," or illegally obtained, digital film files for free. Aha... Lord of the Rings. You download the movie onto your computer, and later that night, you settle in to watch it.
by Roberta Glassner, Esq.
In the Spring 2002 edition of The Legal Eagle, (A Case of Modern-day Treason?) we reported on the plight of John Walker Lindh, or as he is sometimes referred, the American Taliban. Here is a quick recap of the case.
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