In two 1997 decisions, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide. Yet for many people the concept strikes to the heart of notions of liberty. This text examines those cases, the law surrounding the claims and the moral debate around the issue.
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 10 mm
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978-0-7006-1011-2 (9780700610112)
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Melvin I. Urofsky is professor of constitutional history at Virginia Commonwealth University. Called by the Journal of American History "our most prolific constitutional historian," he is the author or editor of more than three dozen books, including Letting Go: Death, Dying, and the Law and Affirmative Action on Trial.
