Book description
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.
""Anastaplo has that rare ability to demonstrate the
strong connection between the great themes of political philosophy and
the American constitution?this book is lucid and thoroughly accessible
to the educated reader." -- Kenneth L. Deutsch, professor of
political science and international relations, Geneseo
University" --
George Anastaplo is professor of law at Loyola School of Law and
lecturer in liberal arts at the University of Chicago. He is the
author of numerous books, including Reflections on Constitutional Law
and Reflections on Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment.
