tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post7162456155040045733..comments2023-11-02T08:55:35.510-07:00Comments on Market Design: Repugnant transactions involving life and deathAl Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02232854038397912604noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-26725788491998774252011-08-09T10:46:49.143-07:002011-08-09T10:46:49.143-07:00"a stranger commits a crime by assaulting and..."a stranger commits a crime by assaulting and killing a fetus because the fetus has stronger rights than the stranger does"<br /><br />Is that really how law scholars understand it?<br /><br />Which of the stranger's rights are being out-weighed? The right to assault pregnant women?<br /><br />Such `crimes' by non-strangers (in particular, by the mother) are a weirder case, I think. That's been written up in the papers a few times recently.Franknoreply@blogger.com