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18 - The Belgian Legislation

from Part IV - Belgium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2018

John Keown
John Keown
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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The chapter outlines the landmark decisions of the US Supreme Court in Glucksberg and Vacco that rejected a constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide. It notes the importance attached by Justice Souter to the Dutch experience and his observation that there was a dispute about whether that experience supported slippery slope concerns. The chapter maintains that the three sources that he thought counterbalanced those concerns – Professor Epstein, Judge Posner, and Professor van der Wal – did not on closer examination do so.
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Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy
An Argument against Legalisation
 , pp. 283 - 297
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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  • The Belgian Legislation
  • John Keown, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy
  • Online publication: 28 September 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107337909.027
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  • The Belgian Legislation
  • John Keown, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy
  • Online publication: 28 September 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107337909.027
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  • The Belgian Legislation
  • John Keown, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy
  • Online publication: 28 September 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107337909.027
Available formats
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