A Season of Change Facts on the Death Penalty
The Right to Life under International Law offers the first-ever comprehensive treatment under international law of the foundational human right to life. It describes the history, content, and status of the right, considers jurisdictional issues, and discusses the application of …
"It has been said that the struggle for human rights "is as old as history itself, because it concerns the need to protect the individual against the abuse of power by the monarch, the tyrant, or the state." Speaking in 1978 on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the Un…
"It has been said that the struggle for human rights "is as old as history itself, because it concerns the need to protect the individual against the abuse of power by the monarch, the tyrant, or the state." Speaking in 1978 on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the Un…
In this book, Christian Erk examines the ethical (im)permissibility of killing human beings in general and of selected killings in particular, namely suicide, lethal selfdefence, abortion and euthanasia, as well as organ transplantation and assisted suicide. He does so by addres…
Although a legal and moral right to privacy is generally recognized in society, there is no agreement regarding how these rights should apply to medical information. In Privacy and Health Care, leading ethical, medical, legal, and philosophical thinkers debate the conflicting mo…