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UNINA9910460933203321 |
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Sunstein Cass R. |
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Constitutional personae / / Cass R. Sunstein |
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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0-19-022269-7 |
0-19-022268-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Constitutional law - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Heroes, Soldiers, Minimalists, and Mutes"--Cover. |
Includes index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Series""; ""Series Editor""; ""Constitutional Personae""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Editor's Note""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter one Constitutional Personae""; ""Chapter two Interpretation""; ""Chapter three Burkean Minimalism""; ""Chapter four Unanimity and Disagreement""; ""Closing Words: Rules of Attraction""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
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Since America's founding, the U.S. Supreme Court had issued a vast number of decisions on a staggeringly wide variety of subjects. And hundreds of judges have occupied the bench. Yet as Cass R. Sunstein, the eminent legal scholar and bestselling co-author of Nudge, points out, almost every one of the Justices fits into a very small number of types regardless of ideology: the hero, the soldier, the minimalist, and the mute. Heroes are willing to invoke the Constitution to invalidate state laws, federal legislation, and prior Court decisions. They loudly embrace first principles and are prone to |
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UNINA9910783301203321 |
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Harris John <1945-> |
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The Value of Life : An Introduction to Medical Ethics / / John Harris |
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London : , : Routledge, , 1985 |
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9780203005606 |
0203005600 |
9781134954209 |
1134954204 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (301 pages) |
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Bioethics |
Ethics, Medical |
Medical ethics |
Social ethics |
Medical Ethics & Philosophy |
Medicine |
Health & Biological Sciences |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Beings, human beings and persons; 2 Above all do no harm; 3 Must doctors help their patients?; 4 Killing: A caring thing to do?; 5 The value of life; 6 The beginnings of life; 7 Whose body is it anyway?; 8 A woman's right to choose; 9 Sexual morality and the natural; 10 Respect for persons I; 11 Respect for persons II; 12 Death is abolished; Notes; Suggested further reading; Index |
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A critical survey of the issues in a controversial field, The Value of Life explores the dilemmas in current medical practice and research. Harris argues for a radical reappraisal of our ways of thinking about medical ethics. |
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