Sex, Drugs, Death, and the Law: An Essay on Human Rights and Overcriminalization

by David A.J. Richards

Book Overview

Among the most commonly argued legal questions are those involving "victimless" crimes--consensual adult sexual relations (including homosexuality and prostitution), the use of drugs, and the right to die. How can they be distinguished from proper crimes, and how can we, as citizens, judge the complex moral and legal issues that such questions entail?
David Richards, a teacher of law in the areas of constitutional and criminal law, and a moral...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847675254
• ISBN13: 9780847675258
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.