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Privacy as a constitutional right : sex, drugs, and the right to life

Author: Darien A McWhirter; Jon D Bible
Publisher: New York : Quorum Books, 1992.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The United States Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade. When it does, that decision may be as important as the Dred Scott decision a century and a half ago. During the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas the focus was on the constitutional right to privacy and abortion. No legal concept has been more controversial and has had such a significant impact on the lives of millions of Americans.
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McWhirter, Darien A. (Darien Auburn)
Privacy as a constitutional right.
New York : Quorum Books, 1992
(OCoLC)644131504
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Darien A McWhirter; Jon D Bible
ISBN: 0899306381 9780899306384
OCLC Number: 25130618
Description: viii, 206 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction --
Pt. I. The Foundations of Constitutional Privacy. 2. The Historical Foundation: From Hittites to Puritans. 3. The Philosophical Foundation: From Natural Law to Natural Rights. 4. The Constitutional Foundation: From Natural Rights to Substantive Due Process. 5. The Common Law Foundation: Creating the Right to Privacy --
Pt. II. Constitutional Privacy. 6. Creating Constitutional Privacy. 7. Sex and Marriage. 8. Life and Death. 9. Mind and Body --
Pt. III. Beyond Constitutional Privacy. 10. Who Owns History? 11. State Constitutional Privacy. 12. Conclusion.
Responsibility: Darien A. McWhirter and Jon D. Bible.

Abstract:

The United States Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade. When it does, that decision may be as important as the Dred Scott decision a century and a half ago. During the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas the focus was on the constitutional right to privacy and abortion. No legal concept has been more controversial and has had such a significant impact on the lives of millions of Americans. This book provides an understandable overview of the.

Supreme Court decisions concerned with privacy issues such as sex, drugs, abortion, and the right to die. The legal evolution of the constitutional right to privacy is explored with every significant Supreme Court decision explained along the way. This book begins with an overview of the legal history that has led to the development of a constitutional right to privacy. The relationship between morality and law, from the Hittites to the Puritans, is presented, as is the.

impact of the ideas of philosophers such as Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Mill, along with an overview of the concepts of Natural Law and Natural Rights. The development of the right to privacy in American Common law is presented, and the important Supreme Court decisions on privacy from Griswold to Roe v. Wade are discussed in detail.

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