Assisted suicide: the state versus the people.
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constitutional principles in a conservative way.... Judges whose convictions are more liberal will naturally interpret those principles in a liberal way.... Id. at 2-3. 82. See DWORKIN, FREEDOM'S LAW, supra note 80, at 17. 83. See id. at 24 ("The democratic conditions are the conditions of moral membership in a political community."). 84. See id. 85. Id. at 26. [Vol. 21:261
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Seattle University law review
دوره 21 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997