The Human Body on Trial - A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

A thorough exploration of an individual''s right to bodily autonomy versus the state''s power to regulate and control the bodies of its citizens. The Human Body on Trial asks the basic question: Who''s in charge of your body-you or the authorities? Four narrative chapters examine key constitutional questions addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court over the past century concerning the power of the state to regulate the human body, placing the issues in historical context and examining the contemporary legal and medical knowledge that informed each decision.The book focuses on individual cases, such as Jacobson v. Massachusetts (compulsory vaccination), Buck v. Bell (forced sterilization), and Roe v. Wade (abortion), and discusses such controversial issues as AIDS testing and physician-assisted suicide. A special reference section includes court decisions and other primary documents.>

Product details

• Authors: Lynne Curry, Curry Lynne
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.11.2002
• EAN: 9781576073490
• ISBN: 978-1-57607-349-0
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: On Trial
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, MEDICAL / General, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, United States of America, USA, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Constitution: government & the state, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Medicolegal issues, Constitution: government and the state