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.
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.