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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “david orentlicher”
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  • Matters of Life and Death

    Making Moral Theory Work in Medical Ethics and the Law

    by David Orentlicher ...
    Philosophical debates over the fundamental principles that should guide life-and-death medical decisions usually occur at a considerable remove from the tough, real-world choices made in hospital rooms, courthouses, and legislatures. David Orentlicher seeks to change that, drawing on his extensive experience in both medicine and law to address the translation of moral principle into practice--a ... Read more

    $58.29 CAD

  • Two Presidents Are Better Than One

    The Case for a Bipartisan Executive Branch

    by David Orentlicher ...
    “Can Orentlicher be serious in calling for a plural executive? The answer is yes, and he presents thoughtful and challenging arguments responding to likely criticisms. Any readers who are other than completely complacent about the current state of American politics will have to admire Orentlicher’s distinctive audacity and to respond themselves to his well-argued points.” —Sanford Levinson, author ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Two Presidents Are Better Than One

    The Case for a Bipartisan Executive Branch

    by David Orentlicher ...
    “Many Americans are unsatisfied with politics. Simultaneously, we are hesitant to question the basic soundness of our constitutional system. In this refreshingly provocative book, David Orentlicher explains why it is due time for us to reconsider dominant ideas about the presidency, now arguably our most powerful political institution. Challenging the conventional wisdom that the best executive is ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Health Law

    Edited by David Orentlicher, Tamara K. Hervey ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Health Law addresses some of the most critical issues facing scholars, legislators, and judges today: how to protect against threats to public health that can quickly cross national borders, how to ensure access to affordable health care, and how to regulate the pharmaceutical industry, among many others. When matters of life and death literally hang in the ... Read more

    $223.99 CAD

  • Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry

    by Michael Ignatieff, Kwame Anthony Appiah, David A. Hollinger, Diane F. Orentlicher, Thomas W. Laqueur ...
    Series series The University Center for Human Values Series
    Michael Ignatieff draws on his extensive experience as a writer and commentator on world affairs to present a penetrating account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. Since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, this revolution has brought the world moral progress and broken the nation-state's monopoly on the conduct of ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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  • Legal Perspectives in Bioethics

    Edited by Ana S. Iltis, Sandra H. Johnson, Barbara A. Hinze ...
    Series series Routledge Annals of Bioethics
    Issues in bioethics often turn, at least in part, on the law and regulatory requirements. Consisting of chapters that address particular bioethics topics from the law’s perspective, this fascinating book includes:an introduction to the American legal systempapers identifying the principal ways in which the law influences discussions and decisions concerning each of the topics highlightedsupplemental ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Killing the Black Body

    Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

    by Dorothy Roberts ...
    Killing the Black Body remains a rallying cry for education, awareness, and action on extending reproductive justice to all women. It is as crucial as ever, even two decades after its original publication.**"A must-read for all those who claim to care about racial and gender justice in America." —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowIn 1997, this groundbreaking book made a powerful ... Read more

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  • Health Care in Canada

    A Citizen's Guide to Policy and Politics

    by Katherine Fierlbeck ...
    Health Care in Canada examines the challenges faced by the Canadian health care system, a subject of much public debate. In this book Katherine Fierlbeck provides an in-depth discussion of how health care decisions are shaped by politics and why there is so much disagreement over how to fix the system.Many Canadians point to health care as a source of national pride; others are highly critical of ... Read more

    $44.29 CAD

  • Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice

    by Jack Donnelly ...
    In the third edition of his classic work, revised extensively and updated to include recent developments on the international scene, Jack Donnelly explains and defends a richly interdisciplinary account of human rights as universal rights. He shows that any conception of human rights—and the idea of human rights itself—is historically specific and contingent.Since publication of the first edition ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Search for an Abortionist

    The Classic Study of How American Women Coped with Unwanted Pregnancy before Roe v. Wade

    by Nancy Howell Lee ...
    Series Book 2 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    This eye-opening look at the abortion process prior to the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision of 1973 is now more relevant than ever, with a new introduction by the author revisiting history that is still salient half a century laterIn the years before Roe v. Wade, women seeking to end their unwanted pregnancies had limited options—many of them dangerous, even potentially fatal, and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rights Revolution

    by Michael Ignatieff ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    With an updated preface by the author.Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument. Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Complaints & Disorders

    The Sexual Politics of Sickness

    by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English ...
    Series series Contemporary Classics
    The classic work on women's health and how the medical establishment helped to justify sexism, by the authors of Witches, Midwives, and Nurses.From Barbara Ehrenrich, New York Times-bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Bright-Sided, and other titles, and Deirdre English, former editor of Mother Jones, this book delves into the history of how women have been diagnosed, defined, and often ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus