The Human Body on Trial
A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents
Published on 5. November 2002
252 pages
978-1-85109-366-3 (ISBN)
Description
A thorough exploration of an individual's right to bodily autonomy versus the state's power to regulate and control the bodies of its citizens.
The Human Body on Trial asks the basic question: Who's in charge of your body-you or the authorities? Four narrative chapters examine key constitutional questions addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court over the past century concerning the power of the state to regulate the human body, placing the issues in historical context and examining the contemporary legal and medical knowledge that informed each decision.
The book focuses on individual cases, such as Jacobson v. Massachusetts (compulsory vaccination), Buck v. Bell (forced sterilization), and Roe v. Wade (abortion), and discusses such controversial issues as AIDS testing and physician-assisted suicide. A special reference section includes court decisions and other primary documents.
The Human Body on Trial asks the basic question: Who's in charge of your body-you or the authorities? Four narrative chapters examine key constitutional questions addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court over the past century concerning the power of the state to regulate the human body, placing the issues in historical context and examining the contemporary legal and medical knowledge that informed each decision.
The book focuses on individual cases, such as Jacobson v. Massachusetts (compulsory vaccination), Buck v. Bell (forced sterilization), and Roe v. Wade (abortion), and discusses such controversial issues as AIDS testing and physician-assisted suicide. A special reference section includes court decisions and other primary documents.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
File size
1,67 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-85109-366-3 (9781851093663)
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Content
- Cover
- The Human Body ON TRIAL
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Constitutionalizing the Body
- The Human Body as a Form of Property
- The Regulatory State
- The Right to Privacy
- A Confusing Legacy
- References and Further Reading
- 2 Historical Background
- Medicalizing the Body
- The Germ Theory
- Eugenics
- The Crusade for Birth Control
- A Revival of Rights
- The End of Life
- References and Further Reading
- 3 Cases
- Compulsory Vaccination: Private Rights versus Police Powers
- Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)
- Zucht v. King (1922)
- Mandatory Sterilization: Eugenics on Trial
- Buck v. Bell (1927)
- Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)
- Contraception, Abortion, and the Right to Die: Privacy on Trial
- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
- Roe v. Wade (1973)
- Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Public Health (1990)
- Conclusion
- References and Further Reading
- 4 Legacy and Impact
- End-of-Life Issues on Trial
- Biotechnology on Trial
- References and Further Reading
- Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- "Anti-Vaccination Circular, Distributed during the Epidemic of Small Pox in Boston, 1901"
- Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)
- Zucht v. King (1922)
- Buck v. Bell (1927)
- Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)
- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
- Roe et al. v. Wade (1973)
- Bowers, Attorney General of Georgia v. Hardwick, et al. (1986)
- Webster, et al. v. Reproductive Health Services, et al. (1989)
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al. v. Casey (1992)
- Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Public Health (1990)
- Washington, et al., Petitioners v. Harold Glucksberg, et al. (1997)
- Oregon's Death with Dignity Act
- Key People, Laws, and Concepts
- Chronology
- Table of Cases
- Annotated Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
