"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...
"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 consti...
