Autonomy In the Law /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sellers, Mortimer (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice ; 1
• Subjects: Law.; Philosophy.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Public international law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Philosophy of Law.; Philosophy, general.; Fundamentals of Law.; Public International Law.

Autonomy in the Law considers one of the most important benefits of the rule of law. Juxtaposing European and American conceptions of autonomy in the law of families, capital punishment and, criminal trials reveals the common values that justify all legal systems. Law protects the autonomy of indivi...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to the Value of Autonomy in Law
• Autonomy to Choose What Constitutes Family: Oxymoron or Basic Right?
• Approaches to Autonomy in Capital Punishment and Assisted Suicide
• Courts in Search of Legitimacy: the Case of Wrongful Life
• The Autonomy of Defense and Defense Counsel
• Checks and Balances in the Law of International Organizations.