Barbara Pfeffer Billauer

Institute of World Politics

Research Professor of Scientific Statecraft

1521 16th St NW,

Washington, DC

United States

International Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto

Professor of Law

Rua Dr. Roberto Frias

4200-464 Porto

Portugal

Foundation for Law and Science Centers, Inc.

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1.

Moses, the Tutmoses and the Exodus

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 May 2014
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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pharaoh, exodus, moses, tutmosis, hatshepsut, raamses, rammes, seti, horemheb, gold, straw, bricks, 18th dynasty, ancient egypt, 19th dynasty,

2.

Le Corbusier, the Occult and How Art Deco Began

Trans Lux , Vol. 28, No. 3, Art Deco Society of Washington, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 22 Jan 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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art deco, Le Corbusier, Charles-Eduard Jeanneret, Occuclt, Fibonacci, Kabbala, freemasons, inspiration, source, design philosophy, geometry

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When Did Art Deco Begin? The Role of the Secessionist Movement

Trans Lux, The Journal of the Art Deco Society of Washington, 2013
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Feb 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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art deco, secessionism, Group of Seven, Klimt Group, Klimt, Moser, Hoffman, Wagner, Modernism, Paris Expo

4.

Did God Invent Fibonacci Numbers?

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Oct 2012
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Fibonacci numbers, Fibonacci pairs, Fibonaaci sequence, Golden Ratio, Divine Proportion, Sanskrit, Leonardo of Pisa, Tabernacle, Exodus, Solomon's Temple, Chronicles, 1 Kings, Bible, Ezekiel, Isaac Newton

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Savior Siblings, Protective Progeny, and Parental Determinism in the age of CRISPR-Cas

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 96, No. 1, 2021
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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savior sibling, protective progeny, HLA tissue match, PGT, PGD, PGS, IVF, gene-editing, informed consent, transplantation, law and technology, best interests, substituted judgment, non identity problem

6.

Joshua's Battle of Jericho: Scientific Statecraft in Warfare - Lessons in Military Innovation and Scientific Tactical Initiative

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Feb 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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military strategy, asymmetrical warfare, tactics, mechanical resonance, sonar resonance, Joshua, Jericho, Walls, Rachab, Rahab, spies, espionage, reconnaissance, Scientific Statecraft, Military Innovation, Scientific Tactical Initiative, terrorism, unconventional weaponry, noise, vibrations

7.

When Public Health Is Eroded by Junk Science: Muzzling Anti-Vaxxer FEAR Speech - And the First Amendment

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 Mar 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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vaccine, vaccination, anti-vax, anti-vaxxers, measles, first amendment, free speech, freedom of speech, freedom or the press, freedom of assembly, coronavirus, public health, national security, police powers, FEAR speech, JUNK speech, Daubert

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Abortion, Moral Law, and the First Amendment: The Conflict Between Fetal Rights & Freedom of Religion

William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, Vol. 23, 2017
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 25 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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whole foods v. cole, roe. v wade, abortion, privacy, autonomy, equality, freedom, constitution, moral law, moral code, natural law, international view on abortion, hammurabi's code, justinian code, decalogue, ten commandments, mosaic code, 6th commandment, religious freedom, first amendment

9.

COVID-19 Vaccination, Anti-Vax Propaganda, and the Black Population

J. American Council on Science and Health, Nov. 2, 2020
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 18 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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covid, anti-vax, vaccination, Tuskeegee, propganda, vaccine resistance, blacks, minorities

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Admissibility of Scientific Evidence Under Daubert: The Fatal Flaws of ‘Falsifiability’ and ‘Falsification’

Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law, Vol. 22, p. 21 (2016).
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 11 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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scientific evidence, Daubert, products liability, toxic torts, Popper, falsifiability, falsifiable, science, evidence, junk science

11.

Re-Vitalizing Wrongful Birth Claims: A Feminist-Tort Approach

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 May 2019
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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wrongful birth, sterlization, unwanted child, autonomy, offset, joys of child-raising, feminist tort, experience, eggshell plaintiff

12.

Case-Studies in Bioethics - Briefs: The Right to Die and Refuse to Die:

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Aug 2017
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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bioethics, narrative, right to die, right to refuse treatment, dunn case, netherlands, texas, TADA, Texas Advance Directive Act

13.

The Secrets of Jethro - Father of Jurisprudence, Patriarch of the Druze, Unifier of Legal Systems

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 24 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Jethro, Moses, Jurisprudence, Appellate System, Appellate Review, Kabbala, Gematria

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'Wrongful Life' in the Age of CRISPR-CAS: Using the Legal Fiction of the Conceptual Being to Redress Wrongful Gamete Manipulation

Penn State Law Review, Vol. 142, 2020
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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PGT, PGD, PGS, Crispr, Crispr-Cas, Wrongful Life, Wrongful Birth, genetic harm, negligence

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Daubert Debunked: A History of Legal Retrogression and the Need to Redefine 'Science' in Law

21 Suffolk Journal of Trial Advocacy 1 (2016)
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 10 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Daubert, Frye, Scientific Evidence, Rand Study, reliability, validity, Popper, Experts, Expert witnesses, Admissibility, Scientific Understanding, Judges, Daubert criteria, general consensus of the scientific community

16.

Religious Freedom vs. Compelled Vaccination: A Case-Study of the 2018–2019 Measles Pandemic - or The Law as a Public Health Response

Catholic University Law Review, Vol. 71, 2022
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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pandemic, epidemic, measles, COVID-19, coronavirus, public health law, freedom of religion, free excercise clause, constitution, first amendment, jacobson v massachusetts, roman catholic diocese v. cuomo, vaccination, quarantine, lockdown, public health

17.

The Backstory to the Battle of Jericho: A Study of Espionage, Strategy and Fear

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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strategy, tactics, terrorism, guerilla warfare, espionage, intelligence, psychology, warfare, asymetric warfare, text, Joshua, Rahab, Jericho, walls

18.

Re-Birthing Wrongful Birth Claims in the Age of IVF and Abortion Reforms

Stetson Law Review, Vol. 50, 2020
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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wrongful life, wrongful birth, abortion, IVF, relational negligence, relativistic negligence, feminist tort, autonomy, liberty, pursuit of happiness, freedom, personal freedom, public policy, sanctity of life

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Addressing The Demonstrable Effects of Anti-Vax FEAR* Speech With Mandated Public- Health Education and Government Speech (*False, Endangering and Reckless)

Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, 2022
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 07 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2021
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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measles, anti-vax, anti-vaxxer, first amendment, government speech, epidemic, outbreak, public health, law, vaccine resistance, ecological study, outbreak

20.

On the Wings of Words: The Empty Eloquence of Barack Obama

Management Online REview, May 2008
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 02 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2009
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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oratory, rhetoric, leadership, statesman

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The Bionic Plaintiff and the Cyborg Defendant: Liability in the Age of Brain-to- Computer Interface

Virginia Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2021
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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wheelchair, exoskeleton, cyborg, bionic, bci, brain to computer interface, brain to brain interface, intent, tort, negligence, recklessness, FDA, preemption, Class II, Class III, public health

22.

Dumping Daubert, Popping Popper and Falsifying Falsifiability: A Re-Assessment of First Principles

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 02 Feb 2015
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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daubert, popper, science, good science, junk science, evidentiary admissibility, evidence, scientific evidence, proof, scientific method, knowledge

23.

Robin Hood and His Outliers: A Case Study in Introductory Statistics for the Arithmetically Averse - Chapter One

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2008
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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means, averages, medians, modes, skewed populations

24.

With Liberty and Justice for All: Abortion, Religious Freedom and the Constitution

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 31 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2009
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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abortion, murder, killing, privacy, constitution, religious freedom, first amendment

25.

The Bioethics of CoVid19 Care in the Elderly: Ventilation and Vaccines

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 28 Jul 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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corona, virus, COVID, rationing, priority, allocation, vaccines, ventilators, age, ageism, data, bioethics, utilitarianism, efficiency, succes, qualty of life, life-expectancy

26.

Did God Create Fibonacci Numbers - The Clues Newton Missed

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 Dec 2015
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Fibonacci numbers, Fibonacci history, golden ratio, divine proportion, Newton, Exodus, Solomon's temple, ark, ark of the covenant, Kings I, Chronicles

27.

The 2018-2019 Measles Epidemic: Using the Law as a Public Health Response

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Mar 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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measles, anti-vax, anti-vaxxes, Israel, rockland, Brooklyn, ultra-orthodox, first amendment, emergency orders, public health, freedom of religion, informed consent, autonomy, vaccine, vaccination, vaccine resistance

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Sperm Bank Liability: Do Damages Accrue for Defective Deposits? The Impact of Collins v. Xytex Corp.

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2018
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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sperm bank, sperm, liability, products liability, fraud, negligent misrepresentation

29.

Benjamin Franklin: Statesman-Scientist and the Father of Scientific Statecraft

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2009
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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Benjamin Franklin, Scientist, Statesman, Statecraft, Diplomacy, Negotiation

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Case Studies in Scientific Statecraft: Aaron Aaronsohn: 1909-1914: Science, Subversion and the Birth of Israel

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 07 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2014
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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Aaron Aaronsohn, Louis Brandeis, Balfour Declaration, Woodrow Wilson, Israel, Palestine, Emmer Wheat, scientific statecraft, agronomist, David Fairchild

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Genetically-Engineered Begots, Have-Nots, and Tinkered Tots: (High Scoring PolyGenic Kids as a Heredity-Camelot) - An Introduction to the Legalities and Bio-Ethics of Advanced IVF and Genetic Editing

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 96, 2021
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 28 May 2021
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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polygenic risk scores, prs, genomics, genome-editing, gene-editing, procreative beneficience, social justice, biology, bioethics, ethics, morality, reproductive technology

32.

There Is Nothing to Fear – But the Fear of CoronaVirus, Itself

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 06 Apr 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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fear-mongering, corona, corona-virus, politics, politicizing, health care response, covid19, pandemic preparedness

33.

Case-Studies in Scientific Statecraft: Chaim Weizmann and the Balfour Declaration - Science, Scientists and Propaganda

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2014
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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Weizmann, Balfour, Lloyd George Balfour Declaration, zionism, munitions, acetone, fermentation, industrial fermentation, propaganda, explosives, Scott, Herbert Samuel, Brandeis

34.

Why Universal Coverage Won't Make Americans Healthier: Or 'Quality, Economical & Doable Health Insurance' (QED) & Other Oxymorons of the (Insane) Political Mind

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Nov 2007
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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health care, health insurance, health coverage

35.

the Sperminator As a Public Nuisance: Redressing Wrongful Life and Birth Claims in New Ways (AKA New Tricks for Old Torts)

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, Vol. 42, 2019
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 26 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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wrongful life, wrongful birth, sperm bank, infertility, genetic harm, nuisance, fiduciary

36.

Aaron Aaronsohn and the Zionist Conversion of Justice Louis Brandeis

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 09 May 2015
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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Aaron Aaronsohn, Louis Brandeis, Scientific Statecraft, Balfour Declaration, Science, policy, Zionism, deHaas, influence, conversion, Zionist Cause, Felix Frankfurter, Julian Mack, Louis Marshall, Julius Rosenwald, Henrietta Szold

37.

Lessons in Leadership

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Jan 2014
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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leadership, born or bred, heredity or environment, education and environment, personality types, archetypes, leadership skills

38.

Discrimination Today - The Dangers of Pariah-tizing the Elderly during the COVID Pandemic

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 25 May 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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COVID, aged, elderly, discrimination, policy, TJ, data, junk science, bias, vaccine, ventilator, resource allocation

39.

Fundamentalism in Roman Catholic Diocese v. Cuomo: The Court’s Farrago of Religious Freedom, Public Health Law, and Scientific (Il)Literacy

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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constitutional rights, first amendment, freedom of religion, free exercise, freedom of speech, quarantine, lockdown, epidemic, coronavirus, COVID-19, scientific illiteracy, exposure assessment, maslow

40.

Muzzling Anti-Vaxxer FEAR* Speech: Overcoming Free Speech Obstacles with Compelled Speech

University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 76, 2021
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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anti-vaxx, anti-vax, vaccine resistance, COVID, corona virus, measles, epidemic, pandemic, free speech, first amendment, commerce clause, compelled speech, warnings, government speech

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The Causal Conundrum: Examining the Medical-Legal Disconnect in Toxic Tort Cases from a Cultural Perspective or How the Law Swallowed the Epidemiologist and Grew Long Legs and a Tail

Creighton Law Review, Vol. 51, 2018
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 01 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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Causation, Toxic Torts, General Causation, Specific Causation, Daubert, Frye, Multiple Causation, Cultural Analysis, Poetics, Linguistics, Epidemiology, Bistatistics, Causal Proof, Medical-Legal Disconnect, Science-Law Disconnect, Cultural Perspective

42.

Primacy in Products Liability: A Comparison of Israeli and American Law

Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice, Vol. 51, p. 943 (2016)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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strict liability in tort, product liability, restatement of torts, absolute liability, negligence, sales, consumer protection, warranty, breach of warranty, implied warranty, comparative law, Israel, United States, technolgically advanced products

43.

Universal Health Coverage is Not the Same as Universal Health Care: An Evaluation of the Public Health Economics Behind the Obama-Plan – Or the Flawed Logic Behind a Flawed Goal

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Jan 2011
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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universal health care, universal health coverage, right to health, health insurance, universal health insurance, cost of public health, cost of public health screening, constitutionality of health insurance law

44.

The (Sperm) Banking Crisis: A New Means of Legal Redress - or New Tricks for Old Torts

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2019
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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wrongful life, wrongful birth, wrongful conception, sperm banks, IVF, Parfit, Non-Identity problem, schizophrenia, genetic defects, public nuisance, private right, sperm bank industry

45.

Message from Mt. Moriah: The Non-Permutable Law of War & Conflict

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Nov 2010
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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al queda, terrorism, fanaticism, zealots, religious zealts, jihad, sacrifice, sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham's ten tests

46.

Genes, Determinism and God by Denis Alexander - A Review

Metascience (Springer Publications), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 09 Feb 2018
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Genes, Determinism, Free Will, Freedom of Choice, Legal Aspects, Theology, Freedom of Choice, Genetics, Environment, Heredity

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Of Microbes and Men - And MRSA: How the Administration's Public Health Policy Fosters Drug Resistant Microbes

Posted: 27 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2008
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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microbial drug resistance, antibiotic resistance, MRSA, methicillin resistant staphloccus, community spread, transmission, drug resistant microbes

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Mental Health and the Aged in the Era of COVID-19

Arizona State Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Aug 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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therapeutic justice, mental health, dementia, Alzheimer's, heart disease, stress, aging, aged, elder care, lockdown, ventilators, rationing, COVID, health care policy,

49.

Human Reproductive Cloning: Science and Jewish Law

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 25 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2014
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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cloning, human reproductive cloning, embryonic cells, embryos, embryonic stem cells, reproductive cloning, reproductive cloning, science, law

50.

One Man’s Freedom Ends - Where the Other Man’s Nose Begins

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 17 Dec 2019
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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freedom of speech, freedom of the press, bribery, positive coverage, New Republic v. Mann, democracy

51.

First Things First - In the Creation of the Universe: A Conciliatory Translation of Genesis

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 Aug 2009
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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genesis, science and religion, law and science, creation, evolution, intelligent design, mathematics and religion, biblical interpretation, science education, biblical exigesis

52.

The Right to Health - A Holistic Health Plan: 2008-16

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 Aug 2007
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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health care, health coverage,

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Science Fiction, BioEthics, and the Law: A Case-study of Machines and Me* as a Legal Pedagogical Tool

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Sep 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Robots, AI, Machine Learning, Ethics, Morality, Tort, Civil Wrong, Science Fiction, Hypothetical, Legal Pedagogy

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Weapons of Mass Hysteria (WMH), Faulty Bio-Threat Predictions and its Impact on National (In)Security

Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Vol. 27, p. 347 (2017)
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 19 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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smallpox, anthrax, saddam, biothreat, bioweapon, bioterrorism, vaccination, risk-benefit, iraq, weapons of mass destruction, weapons of mass hysteria, germany, yugoslavia, dark winter, WHO, CDC, mathematical models, modelling pandemics, terrorism projections

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Politicization and Pariah-tization of Epidemics - A Recipe for Legal and Policy Disaster: Comparing the 1892 Cholera Epidemic with the Handling of COVID-19

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Sep 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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epidemic, pandemic, COVID, cholera, quarantine, lockdown, politics, policies, police power,

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Human Reproductive Cloning: The Intersection of Kaballa, the Bible and Biology - Parable, Exegesis and Modern Science

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Sep 2010
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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cloning and metaphysics, cloning and kaballa, cloning and biology, philosphy of science, philosophy of religion, philosophy of biology, embryonic stem cell

57.

Politics, Pandemics, and Pariahs: Age Discrimination and CoVid19 Exit Strategies

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 22 May 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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co-vid 19, exit strategies, public health response, public health policy, vulnerable, susceptible, aged, elderly, agesism, discrimination, political, economic

58.

On Reading Jonah on Yom Kippur

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Sep 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Jonah, Yonah, Repentance, Yom Kippur, Nineveh, Teshuva

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Stemming MRSA's Spread using Science-Based Regulations & Legal Enforcement: Or the Microbes will Inherit the Earth

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Feb 2008
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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resistant microbes, industrial hygiene, legislatiion, regulation, novel solutions, MRSA, transmission, handwashing effectivenss

60.

Ageism and CoVid 19: First They Lock the Oldsters Up, Then They Refuse The Ventilators. What’s Next?

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 10 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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corona, CoVid 19, age, discrimination, ageism, rationing, ventilators, policy

61.

The Right to Health - A Holistic Health Plan for the Next Administration

Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 234 (2007)
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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health care, insurance coverage, health coverage, market driven health plan

62.

America: A Country in Search of a Leader = Elections, 2008

Management Online REview, May 2008
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 02 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2008
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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leadership, oratory, unity, bipartisanship

63.

Robin Hood and His Outliers: Chapter Two-Robin Hood Tames the Standard Deviate

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Apr 2008
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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means, medians, modes, standard deviation, case study, population distribution, normal distribution, gaussian distribution, skewed populations

64.

On Reading Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) on Succot (the Feast of the Tabernacles)

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Sep 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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kohelet, Ecclesiastes, Moses, Solomon, wisdom, futility, vanity, frustration, lack of satisfaction of life, red heifer, para adumah

65.

Case Studies in Scientific Statecraft Warfare: Joshua's Battle of Jericho

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Mar 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Joshua, Jericho, battle, walls, resonance, sonar resonance, mechanical resonance, vibration, sound waves, sound, marching, footsteps, lock-step

66.

Law and Science: The Message of Daubert - Educating Lawyers for the 21st Century

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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judicial education, legal education, scientific literacy of lawyers, daubert, expert witnesses, Frye

67.

Scientific Statecraft: Using the Power of Scientific Knowledge to Drive State Actions

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 24 Mar 2014
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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scientific statecraft, science policy, framework, political science, science, scientists, bioterrorism policy

68.

The Suitability of Mandated Insurance for Health Coverage: Why Car is Not Like Care

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 11 Sep 2009
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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health coverage, health care, health reform, health insurance, universal coverage, unniversal care, health care reform, universal health

69.

Detoxifying Anti-Vaxxer FEAR* Speech and First Amendment Obstacles *False, Fraudulent, Flawed, Fake, Endangering, and Reckless

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Nov 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Anti-Vax, Vaccine, Measles, Free Speech, Counter-Speech, Compelled Speech, Warnings, Alvarez, Brandenburg, Conferences, Pamphlets

70.

Human Reproductive Cloning: Science, Jewish Law and Metaphyics

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Sep 2010
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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human reproductive cloning, cloning, jewish law and cloning, kaballa and human reproductive cloning, philosophy of cloning, metaphysics of cloning, philosophy of species, philosophy of biology, embryonic stem cell, philosophy of genetics, metaphysics of genetics

71.

Breast Cancer & the Environment: Using a Novel Surrogate to Investigate Risk

Posted: 07 Jul 2007
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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environmental risk, breast cancer, waste sites

72.

Message from Mt. Moriah - Part III: The Trial of Abraham - The Lonely Man of Love

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Jan 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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akeda, binding of Isaac, test of Abraham, chesed, gvurah, kindness, fear, love of God, fear of God, Yishmael, Abraham, Isaac

73.

Ode to Ellis Island

Washington Times, p. B4, February 24, 2008
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 26 Feb 2008
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer and Norman A. Bailey
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto and Institute of World Politics
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immigration, ellis island, amnesty, reform, education

74.

Optimal Justice: Education, Rehabilitation, Forgiveness - Or How Joseph Ends Sibling Rivalry and Becomes a Saint

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Jan 2011
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Neonatal Mortality as a Function of Secular Events During Pregnancy: Changes in Statistical Modeling Needed to Improve Obstetric Care & Neonatal Health

Proceedings of the U.S. Army Conference on Applied Statistics, 2007
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Oct 2007
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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health care, pregancy, obstetrics, neonatal mortality, infant deaths, healthmetrics, vital statistics

76.

Disaster in Denver: Prelude to Pandemic Pandemonium

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 May 2008
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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influenza, flu, pandemic, epidemic, preparedness, vaccine, avian flu, spanish flu

77.

Message from Moriah – Part II: The Akeda: The Instruction of Abraham – Balance and Boundaries in Divine Devotion

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Nov 2012
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Akeda, Binding of Isaac, Ten Tests of Abraham, Yirat Shamayim, Ahavat Shamyim, Love of God, Fear of God, Sacrifice

78.

The Makings of Good Governance: The Convergence of Immigration, Economic Policy and Scientific Statecraft – A Case-Study of Portugal at its Peak in the 16th Century

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 31 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2019
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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economic statecraft, scientific statecraft, economic policy, scientific policy, good governance, immigration, navigation, technology, innovation, scientific advances, trade, exploration, world dominance

79.

On the Proposal not to Vaccinate the Aged for COVID-19

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 17 Sep 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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ethics, discrimination, stereotypes, superspreaders, elderly, vaccine allocation, triage, covid, public health, public heath practice

80.

On Diplomatic Accords in the Torah: The Beer Sheva Treaty of Abraham and Avimelech, King of Gerar

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Dec 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Israel, Treaty, Diplomacy, Accord, Binding, Philistines, Palestinians, Beer Sheva, Be'er Sheba, Akeda, Punishment, Isaac, After-Effects, Cease-Fire

81.

COVID, Courts, and Other Controversies

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 13 Oct 2020
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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COVID, lawsuits, personal injury, cruise ships, exposure, causation, workers compensation, bystander suits, shareholder suits, tracking, transmission, corona virus, COVID-19, shoes

82.

First Lessons in Leadership: The Moses Model

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 10 Jan 2014
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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leadership, leader, Moses, Egyptian, motive matters, moral imperative, premediated murder, homicide, courage of one's convictions, readiness to act, team work, timing, mishna, being a man

83.

Tort Liability for Governmental Failure to Protect the Public Health

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Feb 2023
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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public health, public health law, epidemics, emergency powers, executive powers, covid-19, police power. individual rights. libertarian, florida, desantis, emergency powers, tort, nuisance, scientific evidence, negligence, junk science

84.

A New Method to Assess Past Environmental Exposures: Ecomarker/Surrogates of Past Contamination

1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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environmental law, health impact, modelling, risk assessment, novel scientific methodology

85.

Public Policy in the Age of Weapons of Mass Hysteria: On the Decision to Vaccinate: Evaluating Risks and Benefits

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Mar 2016
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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smallpox, anthrax, saddam, biothreat, bioweapon, bioterrorism, vaccination, risk-benefit, iraq, weapons of mass destruction, weapons of mass hysteria

86.

New Flu - A SWAT (Simple Way to Attack Transmission) Plan for Parents and Other Prudent People

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 May 2009 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2009
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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flu, influenza, H1N1, epidemic,pandemic, pandemic preparedness, pandemic prevention, transmission, pandemic, prophylaxis, schools, age, demographics

87.

The Prejudice, Politicization, and 'Pariah-tization' Influencing Pandemic Policy and Law: Stereotype as the Driver of Public Health Response

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Jan 2024
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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covid, cholera, law, legislation, public health, pandemic, policy, response, pariah-tization, yellow fever, immigration, antisemitism, race

88.

A Brief History of Design: Part I Canopies of State and of Matrimony

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 09 Jan 2014
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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chuppah, chuppa, huppa. wedding canopy, baldachins, Isserles, royal canopy, baronial bedrooms

89.

The Misuse of Scientific Evidence in Shaken Baby Cases

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Aug 2024
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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On Salmonella: You Say Tomato…. I Say 'Hogwash': Reflections on Bioterrorism and Pandemic Preparedness

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 02 Dec 2009
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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pandemic preparedness, pandemic, flu, food poisoning, bioterrorism, bioterrorist, pandemics

91.

Genetics - And Genetic Legal Problems: Can the Legal System Cope With Novel Bioethical Challenges?

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 09 May 2016
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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genetic testing, bioethics, right of privacy, privacy, cystic fibrosis, cf, CalGina, ADA, discrimination, genetic discrimination, choice of law, medical error, genotype, phenotype

92.

Rosh Hashana 2011 -- A Day of Remembrance and a Year of Peace

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 07 Dec 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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economic incentives, diplomacy, diplomatic accord, Israel, Palestinians, Philistines, wells, economic incentives, cease-fire, peace-keepting alternatives

93.

A Retrospective Review of Evidence of SARs Causation in Light of the MERS and Ebola Epidemics

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Nov 2014
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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SARs, koch's postulates, causal connection, MERS, EBOLA, Avian Flu, chlamydia, paramyxaviridae

94.

The Conflict between Bioethical and Legal Obligations of a Treating Physician: When Automony, Beneficience and Informed Consent are in Conflict

Bioethics Forum of the Zefat Academic College of Law, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 18 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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autonomy, justice, beneficience, nonmaleficience, nonmalfeasance, placebo, informed consent

95.

Research on Human Embryos – Do We Need a Reset?

Genetic Literacy Project, September 27 and September 28, 2022
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 28 Nov 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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embryo research, 14 day rule

96.

Ch. 1: Henny Penny vs. The King: On Seeking Damages Caused by the Falling Sky Epidemiology for the Mathematically Challenged & Arithmetically Averse

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2016
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Daubert, FRCP 702, expert witness, epidemiology, Daubert Hearing, scientific method, judicial education

97.

An Introduction to Using Genetics in Defending Legal Cases: a Legal Defense Grounded in Genetics - Is DNA-Testing the Magic Wand to Winning (Or Losing) a Negligence Case?

Genetic Literacy Project Reports August 23, 2022
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 12 Sep 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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causation, defense, toxic tort, specific causation, genetics, mutations, asbestos

98.

The Devil and the Dice; Job and Justice: Understanding the Misfortunes of Job in light of Modern Science & Law:

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 May 2021
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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causation, BOOK of JOB, cause and effect, reward and punishment, determinism, non-determinism, acausal, quantum physics, quantum mechanics, torts, justice, fairness

99.

Joshua, Son of None: When the Rabbinate becomes Guardian of the Genes

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 20 Dec 2019
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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conflict between religion, bioethics and law, surrogate mother, birth mother, egg donor, ova donor, child's religion, anonymity, anonymous gamete donors

100.

Just a Pretty Face - The Impending Political Suicide of Mr. Yair Lapid

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 04 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2019
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Netanyahu, Coalition, Lapid, Bennet, Livni, Political Ineptitude, Politicial Manuevering, Political Associations, Israel, Israeli Politics, Coalition Building, Political Parties

101.

Asbestos Causes Lung Cancer – Or Does It?

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 24 Aug 2023
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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asbestos, causation, lung cancer, smoking, passive smoking, legal epidemiology, Daubert, scientific evidence, data, cherry picking, lung cancer, causation, epidemiology, statistical significance

102.

Stereotype as the Driver of Public Health Response a Case Study of Cholera and Bubonic Plague: The Politicization and 'Pariah-tization' Influencing Pandemic Policy and Law

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Sep 2024
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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The Legal and Scientific Infirmities of Legislating Nicotine Reduction

Genetic Literacy Project july 4, 2022
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 09 Aug 2022
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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nicotine, cancer, cancer moonshot, nicotine threshold, banning nicotine, banning cigarettes, mathematical modeling, fda, smoking cessation, nicotine addiction

104.

The Henny-Penny Chronicles: Chapter 2

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Jan 2016
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Daubert, FRCP 702, expert witness, epidemiology, Daubert Hearing, scientific method

105.

Junk Science Jeopardy and Science-Phobic Judges: Zantac on Re

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 30 Jul 2024
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Murder Without Redress - The Need for New Legal Solutions in the Age of  Character -AI (C.A.I.)

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Feb 2025
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JOB and Justice: The Tortious Liability of God for Wrongful Interference

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 28 Jan 2022
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Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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randomness, chaos, liability, tort, negligence, recklessness, intent, religion, theology

108.

The Politicization of Disease: Deploying Fear, Stereotype, and 'Pariah-tization' to Drive Public Health Law and Policy

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Mar 2025
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Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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'Safe' and 'Drug' Are Now Four-letter Words: Suing for Failure to Develop a Drug

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 22 Jan 2025
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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The Feline Feeding Frenzy, Immigration, and Public Health: Nothing New Under the Sun

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 28 Feb 2025
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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On Scientific Bias: When the Reported Truth is Not the Whole Truth

Posted: 07 May 2008
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto

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data manipulation, integrity in research, scientific evidence, researcher bias, industry manipulation

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1.

Dona Gracia Nasi: First Lady of the Age of Exploration

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2019
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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age of exploration, pedro nunes, abraham zacuto, astrolabe, vasco da gama, cabral, spice trade, pepper trade, dona gracia nasi, dona gracia, tiberius,

2.

Art Deco Now and Then: Folies in Paris

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 Feb 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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art deco, paris, folies bergere, art nouveau, galleries lafayette, maison et objets, history of art deco, Baronial Bedrooms, Hotel Lutetia

3.

The Jerusalem of Science and Culture

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Feb 2017
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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jerusalem, UNESCO, science, culture, freemasonry, history, heritage

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The Riddle of the Raasesses - Who Was the Pharaoh of the Exodus: Part I

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2019
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Moses, Raamses, Ramsses, Pharaoh, store-cities, goshen, Qatir, Avaris

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The Riddle of the Raamses Continues and the Enigma of the Exodus Begins

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2019
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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Avaris, Qantier, Raamsses, PI-raamses, Pi-Ramsses, Ramsses, Pi-Raamees, site of the exodus, place exodus began

6.

Baronial Bedrooms (Cover)

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 18 Apr 2013
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
Institute of World PoliticsInternational Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto
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historiography of interior design, crafts, decor, history of decor