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PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE AS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT: GLUCKSBERG REVISITED

GLUCKSBERG REVISITED

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21783/rei.v9i2.735

Keywords:

right to die, suicide, assisted suicide, substantive due process, USA, Germany

Abstract

Glucksberg“ is celebrating its 25th anniversary. In 1997, the Supreme Court held that a right to (physician) assisted suicide was not protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. However, the Court was wrong – back then and today. This is not only because of US case-law and US states legislation, but also because of international developments all pointing towards legalizing assisted suicide.

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Author Biography

Alexander Brade, Universität Leipzig

Dr. Alexander Brade, LL.M. (Harvard)
Universität Leipzig, Juristenfakultät
Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, insbesondere Umwelt- und Planungsrecht
Prof. Dr. Kurt Faßbender

 

References

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Cruzan by Cruzan v. Dir., Missouri Dep't of Health, 110 S. Ct. 2841, 2852 (1990).

Edward T. Mechmann & Alexis N. Carra, Physician-Assisted Suicide and the New York State Constitution, 81 Alb. L. Rev. 1337, 1342 (2017/2018).

Giza Lopes, Dying with Dignity – A Legal Approach to Assisted Death XI-XII (2014).

Howard Ball, The Right to Die – A Reference Handbook 203 (2017).

Melvin I. Urofsky, Lethal Judgments – Assisted Suicide and American Law 5 (2000).

Melvin I. Urofsky, Lethal Judgments – Assisted Suicide and American Law 138 (2000) with reference to Laurence H. Tribe.

Myers v. Schneiderman, 85 N.E.3d 57, 67 (N.Y. 2017) (Rivera, J., concurring).

Neil M. Gorsuch, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia 28-29 (2009) with reference to George E. Woodbine, Bracton On the Laws and Customs of England 424 (1968).

Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997): on equal protection grounds.

Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997): on due process grounds.

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2023-08-07

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Brade, A. (2023). PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE AS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT: GLUCKSBERG REVISITED: GLUCKSBERG REVISITED. JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES, 9(2), 650–688. https://doi.org/10.21783/rei.v9i2.735

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Artigos Internacionais