title: Judicial attitude toward legal rights and AIDS.
abstract: Modern judicial activism--establishing caselaw that functions as law until statutes are subsequently enacted--has been the hallmark of the variety of legal issues surrounding the HIV condition and AIDS diseases. Most federal and state courts have been compelled to resolve many HIV/AIDS-related controversies in advance of legislative guidance and have generally done so by protecting the civil rights of persons with HIV/AIDS under established law as well as the traditions of Western law.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Stavis
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000635:transmission*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011287:Prejudice; D014481:United States