Human Body on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

by Lynne Currey

A thorough exploration of an individual's right to bodily autonomy versus the state's power to regulate and control the bodies of its citizens.

The Human Body on Trial asks the basic question: Who's in charge of your body--you or the authorities? Four narrative chapters examine key constitutional questions addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court over the past century concerning the power of the state to regulate the human body,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576073491
• ISBN13: 9781576073490
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher