Assisted Dying and Legal Change
$212.96
- Hardcover
252 pages
- Release Date
8 March 2007
Summary
The question of whether euthanasia and assisted suicide should be legalized is often treated, by judges and commentators alike, as a universal, ethical question, transcending national boundaries and diverse legal systems. By thinking of the issue in this way, the important context in which individual jurisdictions make decisions about assisted dying and the significance of the legal methods chosen to carry out those decisions is often lost.This book examines the impact of the choice of divers…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199212873 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199212872 |
| Author: | Penney Lewis |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 252 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 8 March 2007 |
| Weight: | 530g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 162mm x 21mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
...a fresh approach...this book is likely to have broad appeal, across disciplines and acrossborders. It is a well composed, tightly written, thoughtful work which is at thesame time both analytical and searching...lays a foundation for more informed and reflective analysis of legal change in the area of assisted dying in future scholarship.'Margaret Otlowski, MEDICAL LAW REVIEW…This is a well argued and scholarly book that provides the reader with a clear overview of international variations in the law covering assisted dying, and a compelling argument for understanding national contexts before generalising from one nation’s experience to that of another. I can recommend this book strongly to sociologists who want to understand the role played by the law in this issue…‘Clive Seale, Medical Sociology online
About The Author
Penney Lewis
Penney Lewis is Reader in Law at the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics and the SchoolLaw, King’s College London where she teaches medical law and criminal evidence. From September 2007 she will be Professor of Law.
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