The right to life is an important aspect of contemporary human rights law andhas great relevancy to many of today's politically and ethically controversial questions, such as abortion, euthanasia, international armed conflict, and the death penalty. This timely book provides much needed legal analysis of thiscomplex subject. INDICE: 1: An Introduction to the Meaning of Life; 2: The Right to Life: Religious, Philosophical, and Legal Origins; 3: The Enforcement of the Rightto Life; 4: The Right to Life in Times of War or Armed Conflict; 5: The Rightto Life and Prevention of Crime: Killing by the State as Punishment and/or Deterrence; 6: The Right to Life and Conflicting Rights of Others; 7: The Right to Life and Autonomy; 8: The Right to Life and the Quality of Life; 9: Protecting the Right to Life with Limited Public Resources; 10: Conclusion: The Rightto Life and Conflicting Interests
- ISBN: 978-0-19-954739-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 12/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés