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Jacobson v. Massachusetts

Further Readings



  • Gostin, Lawrence O., and Zita Lazzarini. "Childhood Immunization Registries." JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, Dec. 13, 1995, pp. 1793.
  • Janus, Eric S. "Preventing Sexual Violence: Setting Principled Constitutional Boundaries on Sex Offender Commitments." Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 72, no. 1, Winter 1996.
  • Malloy, Suzanne M., "Mandatory HIV Screening of Newborns: A Proposition Whose Time Has Not Yet Come." American University Law Review, April, 1996.

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1883 to 1917Jacobson v. Massachusetts - Significance, Compulsory Vaccination Lawful, Court Defers To Legislature, Exemption For Unfit Adult?, Impact