Right to Life and Conflicting Interests

Informationen zum Autor Dr Elizabeth Wicks is a Senior Lecturer in Birmingham Law School at the University of Birmingham. She has published widely on various aspects of constitutional law, human rights law and medical law. She is the author of two previous books: The Evolution of a Constitution: Eight Key Moments in British Constitutional History (Hart Publishing, 2006); and Human Rights and Healthcare (Hart Publishing, 2007). Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung The right to life is an important aspect of contemporary human rights law and has great relevancy to many of today's politically and ethically controversial questions, such as abortion, euthanasia, international armed conflict, and the death penalty. This timely book provides much needed legal analysis of this complex subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: An Introduction to the Meaning of Life 2: The Right to Life: Religious, Philosophical, and Legal Origins 3: The Enforcement of the Right to Life 4: The Right to Life in Times of War or Armed Conflict 5: The Right to Life and Prevention of Crime: Killing by the State as Punishment and/or Deterrence 6: The Right to Life and Conflicting Rights of Others 7: The Right to Life and Autonomy 8: The Right to Life and the Quality of Life 9: Protecting the Right to Life with Limited Public Resources 10: Conclusion: The Right to Life and Conflicting Interests

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Wicks, Elizabeth (Senior Lecturer Wicks, Wicks Elizabeth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2010
• EAN: 9780199547395
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954739-5
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Right to Die, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Ethical issues: abortion and birth control, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Ethical issues: euthanasia and right to die, Ethical Issues: Euthanasia & Right To Die