Natural Law Jurisprudence in U.s. Supreme Court Cases Since Roe V. Wad

A critical examination of U.S. Supreme Court cases since the Roe v. Wade decision in light of natural law reasoning and principles. The text incisively reviews textual opinions of the various justices and attempts to discern the influence of natural law jurisprudence on modern day decisions.

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. A Short Summary of the Natural Law Tradition Natural Law Predecessors: A Short History; 2. The Content and Substance of the Natural Law Natural Law Jurisprudence and Its Principles; 3. Natural Law and Abortion: A Post- Roe Evaluation Background and History; 4. Natural Law and the Supreme Court: Sexuality, Sexual Attraction and Procreation; 5. Natural Law and the Supreme Court: Suicide, Euthanasia and Mercy Killing; 6. Natural Law, Religious Expression and the Freedom to Believe; Index.

About the author

Dr. Charles P. Nemeth has spent the vast majority of his professional life in the study and practice of law and justice.  He is a recognized expert on professional ethics and the justice system, criminal law jurisprudence, private-sector justice and private security systems as well as the influence of Aquinas and his natural law theory on historic and contemporary jurisprudence.

Product details

• Authors: Charles P Nemeth, Charles P. Nemeth
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2020
• EAN: 9781785272059
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-205-9
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Anthem Studies in Law, Ethics and Jurisprudence
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; LAW / General, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Supreme Court rulings