The Law of Life and Death
$74.95
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2011
Summary
Are you alive? What makes you so sure? Most people believe this question has a clear answer-that some law defines our status as living (or not) for all purposes. But they are dead wrong. In this pioneering study, Elizabeth Price Foley examines the many, and surprisingly ambiguous, legal definitions of what counts as human life and death.
Foley reveals that “not being dead” is not necessarily the same as being alive, in the eyes of the law. People, pre-viable fetuses, and post-viab…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674051041 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674051041 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Price Foley |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2011 |
| Weight: | 612g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 235mm |
Critics Review
Foley’s book is essentially a primer or textbook on these legal issues of life and death, suitable for ethicists interested in learning about the law and for lawyers interested in learning about ethics… Foley ably lays out the moral arguments and legal disputes, and persuasively criticizes poorly reasoned judicial opinions. – Eric Posner * New Republic online *
Foley presents a profoundly intelligent, distinctive, and disturbing book. In seven short chapters, she dissects the legality behind what makes a person alive or dead… This work will be appreciated by legislators, serious readers, and legal and medical professionals. – Harry Charles * Library Journal *
Elizabeth Price Foley takes us on an agile and insightful romp through the briar patch of state and federal laws governing medical practice at the beginning and end of life. American politics is mired in legal debates over the limits of life and death practices, including embryo research, abortion, transplantation, treatment termination, suicide, and, most recently, ‘death panels.’ The Law of Life and Death deserves close attention from anyone trying to understand why lawyers have more influence than physicians on birth and death. – George J. Annas, author of Worst Case Bioethics
Elizabeth Price Foley
Elizabeth Price Foley is Professor of Law at Florida International University College of Law.
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