The Supreme Court in the Intimate Lives of Americans: Birth, Sex, Marriage, Childrearing, and Death

By: Howard Ball

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Synopsis: Personal rights, such as the right to procreate--or not-- and the right to die generate dendless debate. Howard Ball shows how the Supreme Court has grappled with the right to reproduce and abort, and takes on the issue of auto-euthanasia and assisted suicide, from Karen Ann Quinlan through Kevorkian and just recently to the Florida case of the women who was paralyzed by a gunshot from her mother and who had pulled the plug on herself. For the last half of the twentieth century, the justices of the Supreme Court have had to wrestle with new and difficult life and death questions for them as well as for doctors and their patients, medical ethicists, sociologists, medical practitioners, clergy, philosophers, law makers and judges. This book offers a look at these issues as they emerged and examines the manner in which the men and women of the U.S Supreme Court adressed them.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 629 Pages
Publisher:: N/A
Date of Addition:: 06/14/07
Copyrighted By:: New York University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Parenting and Family, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Adrienne Asch
Proofread By:: Adrienne Asch
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.