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Neeley, G. Steven

The constitutional right to suicide : a legal and philosophical examination - New York : Peter Lang, 1994 - 229 p. ; 23 cm.

Chapters --
1 Why Do We Need a Constitutional Right to Suicide?. --
2 Historical Antecedents. --
The Historical Perspective. --
Suicide at the Common Law. Point of Contention. --
3 The Constitutional Right to Suicide. --
Fundamental Rights. --
Privacy, Liberty and Suicide. --
4 The Reaction of the Lower Courts and the Position of Constitutional Scholarship Constitutional Scholarship. --
Status of the Constitutional Right to Suicide. --
5 The Scope of the Constitutional Right to Suicide --
Standards of Judicial Review. --
Vagueness, Overbreadth and the "Less Drastic Means" Test. --
The Reach of the Fundamental Human Right to Suicide. --
Wedge Arguments. --
Euthanasia in the Netherlands: Testing the "Slippery Slope". --
The Bottom Line: Some Practical Considerations. --
6 The Question of Mental Competence. --
Suicide and the Presumption of Insanity. Legal Competence. --
Reasonable Decisions to Die. --
Concluding Remarks. --
Bibliography. --
Table of Cases --
Index.

ISBN: 0820420328

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Right to die -- Law and legislation
Right to die -- Law and legislation -- United States

LC Class. No.: KD35.7 N43C 1994