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- Reflections on Life, Death, and the Constitution
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
summary
The role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment, and torture. Reflections on Life, Death, and the Constitution explores such issues by using classical standards of morality as a starting point for understanding them. Drawing on works of literature and philosophy, and on U.S. Supreme Court decisions, George Anastaplo examines the intimate relationship between human nature and constitutional law.
Table of Contents
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- 1. On Understanding the Others
- pp. 3-11
- 7. Time and the Constitution
- pp. 46-51
- 13. Do All Somehow Aim at the Good?
- pp. 91-96
- 7. Capital Punishment Reconsidered
- pp. 147-155
- 8. Nancy Cruzan and "The Right to Die"
- pp. 156-164
- 11. Evolution and the Law
- pp. 180-192
- 13. The Unseemly Fearfulness of Our Time
- pp. 199-204
- Appendix A
- pp. 205-208
- Appendix B
- pp. 209-220
- Appendix C
- pp. 221-230
- Appendix D
- pp. 231-237
- Appendix E
- pp. 238-241
- Appendix F
- pp. 242-248
- Appendix G
- p. 249
- Appendix H
- p. 250
- Appendix I
- pp. 251-278
- Appendix J
- pp. 279-284
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813173276
Related ISBN(s)
9780813125336, 9780813139166, 9780813192307
MARC Record
OCLC
753968755
Pages
312
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No