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    The Supreme Court in the intimate lives of Americans : birth, sex, marriage, childrearing, and death / Howard Ball.

    • Title:The Supreme Court in the intimate lives of Americans : birth, sex, marriage, childrearing, and death / Howard Ball.
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    • Author/Creator:Ball, Howard, 1937-
    • Published/Created:New York : New York University Press, ©2002.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:United States. Supreme Court--History.
      Human reproduction--Law and legislation--United States--History.
      Abortion--Law and legislation--United States--History.
      Right to die--Law and legislation--United States--History.
    • Description:xi, 265 p. ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index.
    • ISBN:0814798624 (cloth : alk. paper)
      0814798632 (pbk.)
    • Contents:1. "Fundamental" Rights versus State Interests: The Balancing Process
      I. "I Am Not Talking Very Much Like a Lawyer"
      II. U.S. Supreme Court and "Fundamental" Rights
      III. Liberty and Rights Protected by the Due Process Clause
      IV. Is There a Protected Liberty Interest for Persons Having Intimate Homosexual Relations?
      V. Limits of Sexual Privacy
      2. Marriage and Marital Privacy
      I. "I Should Like to Suggest a Substantial Change for Your Consideration"
      II. Heterosexual Marriage
      III. Molecular Changes in the Definition and Reality of the Traditional Marital Relationship
      IV. Dilemma of Intimate Violence and Congressional Passage of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), 1994
      V. Same-Sex Marriage
      VI. Congressional Passage of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 1996
      3. "Rhapsody of the Unitary Family"
      I. "Something Smells about This Case"
      II. Who Is Family?
      III. Family Privacy versus State Interests
      IV. Family Privacy Rights versus Personal Autonomy and Other Constitutional Rights
      4. Motherhood or Not, That Is Her Decision
      I. "I Will Be God-damned!"
      II. Not Having Children: Abortion as a Personal Right
      III. After Roe, What Are the Limits of "State Actions" That Regulate the Abortion Procedure?
      IV. After Roe, What Are a Husband's Rights?
      V. When a Minor Daughter Wants to Terminate Her Pregnancy
      VI. Back into the Vortex: The "Partial Birth" Abortion Controversy
      5. Raising the Child: "Father Knows Best"?
      I. "This Is Really a Ridiculous Case to Be Absorbing Our Time"
      II. Raising and Educating Children
      III. Mental and Physical Health and Welfare of the Child
      IV. Children's Rights: Visiting the Grandparents
      6. "Let Me Go!": Death in the Family
      I. "This Case Should Never Have Been Started"
      II. Terminating Life Support for an Incompetent Family Member: Passive Euthanasia
      III. Physician-Assisted Suicide: Active Euthanasia
      7. Family and Personal Privacy in the Twenty-First Century
      I. "She Kept Screaming"
      II. Is the Home Still a Castle?
      III. "Medical Necessity" Exception and Federal Anti-Marijuana-Use Law.
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