Bibliograph

The human body on trial, a handbook with cases, laws, and documents, Lynne Curry

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The human body on trial, a handbook with cases, laws, and documents, Lynne Curry

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-225) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The human body on trial

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

50285586

Responsibility statement

Lynne Curry

Series statement

ABC-CLIO's on trial series

Sub title

a handbook with cases, laws, and documents

Table Of Contents

Constitutionalizing the body--The human body as a form of property -- The regulatory state -- The right to privacy -- A confusing legacy--Historical background -- Medicalizing the body -- The germ theory -- Eugenics -- The crusade for birth control -- A revival of rights -- The end of life -- Cases -- Compulsory vaccination: private rights versus police powers -- Mandatory sterilization: eugenics on trial --Contraception, abortion, and the right to die: privacy on trial -- Legacy and impact -- End-of-life issues on trial -- Biotechnology on trial -- Documents -- Fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- "Anti-vaccination circular, distributed during the epidemic of small pox in Boston, 1901"-- Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905) -- Zucht V. King (1922) -- Buck v. Bell (1927) -- Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942) -- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) -- Roe et al. v. Wade (1973) -- Bowers, Attorney General of Georgia v. Harwick, et al. (1986) -- Webster, et al. v. Reproductive Health Services, et al. (1989) -- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al. v. Casey (1992) -- Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Public Health (1990) -- Washington, et al., petitioners v. Harold Glucksberg, et al. (1997) -- Oregon's Death with Dignity Act -- Key people, laws, and concepts

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