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. 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.
