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Does the Constitution protect children from violent parents? As Lynne Curry shows, that...

Does the Constitution protect children from violent parents? As Lynne Curry shows, that...

Since the mid-nineteenth century, the U.S. courts have attempted, in a series of landmark cases, to resolve bitter conflicts over an individual s right to bodily autonomy. In this introductory volume, Lynne Curry draws on close readings of U.S. Supreme Court and other twentieth-century legal decisions, supporting case materials, public health records, and legal and medical theories to trace the ways in which the courts rulings have shaped the development of such controversial issues as mandatory vaccination, abortion and the right to die.

An extensive collection of important documents is...

"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, placing the issues in historical context and examining the contemporary legal and medical knowledge that informed each decision.

The book focuses on individual cases, such as "Jacobson v. Massachusetts" (compulsory vaccination), "Buck v. Bell" (forced sterilization), and "Roe v. Wade" (abortion), and...