Reflections on Life, Death, and the Constitution

Download or read book Reflections on Life, Death, and the Constitution written by George Anastaplo and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009-07-17 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment, and torture. Reflections on Life, Death, and the Constitution explores such issues by using classical standards of morality as a starting point for understanding them. Drawing on works of literature and philosophy, and on U.S. Supreme Court decisions, George Anastaplo examines the intimate relationship between human nature and constitutional law.