Foley, Elizabeth Price.

The law of life and death / Elizabeth Price Foley. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - 304 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-296) and index.

Statutory and common law life -- Constitutional life -- Cardiopulmonary death -- Brain death -- Constitutional death -- Not dead yet -- Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

9780674051041 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0674051041 (hbk. : alk. paper)

2010047701


Death--Proof and certification--United States.
Life and death, Power over--Moral and ethical aspects.
Life and death, Power over--Decision making.
Right to life--United States.
Right to die--Law and legislation--United States.
Euthanasia--Law and legislation--United States.

KF3827.D4 / F65 2011

344.7304/19