Lethal Judgments: Assisted Suicide and American Law

(Part of the Landmark Law Cases and American Society Series)

by Melvin I. Urofsky

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In two 1997 decisions, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide. Yet for many people this concept strikes to the heart of our sense of liberty even as it tugs at our hearts in the face of human suffering.

Lethal Judgments examines those cases, the law surrounding the plaintiffs' claims, and the moral debate over physician-assisted suicide. A concise and gracefully written overview...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0700610111

ISBN13:9780700610112

Release Date:April 2000

Publisher:University Press of Kansas

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Criminal Law Death & Grief Education & Reference Euthanasia Health & Medical Law Law Law Enforcement Medical Law & Legislation Medicine Political Science

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