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The Use and Abuse of History in Compassion in Dying
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The Use and Abuse of History in Compassion in Dying

Dwight Duncan and Peter Lubin
Harvard journal of law and public policy, Vol.20(1), pp.175-214
10/01/1996
PMID: 11657450

Abstract

Assisted suicide Bill of Rights-US Compassion Death & dying Due process of law Equal rights Evidence Federal court decisions Fines & penalties Judges & magistrates Physicians Right of privacy State court decisions State laws Sympathy Traditions Constitutional Law History
Duncan and Lubin examine Judge Reinhardt's opinion in "Compassion in Dying vs Washington." It is argued that Judge Reinhardt used three strategies to minimize the significance of what ought to have been the heart of the inquiry--history.

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