Allan C. Hutchinson, Osgoode
Hall Law School, York University published Is
Killing People Right? More Great Cases that Shaped the Legal World with
Cambridge University Press in 2016. From the publisher:
"Great cases" are those judicial decisions around which the common law pivots. In a sequel to the instant classic Is Eating People Wrong?, this book presents eight new great cases from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. Written in a highly accessible yet rigorous style, it explores the social circumstances, institutions (lawyers, judges and courts) and ordinary people whose stories shaped the law. Across the courts' diverse and uncoordinated attempts to adapt to changing conditions and shifting demands, it shows the law as the living, breathing and down-the-street experience it really is. Including seminal cases in end of life, abortion and equal rights, this is an ideal introduction for students to legal history and jurisprudence.
Here's the Table of Contents:
1.
Introduction: on the road (again)
2. Is
killing people right? Law and the end of life
3. Oil on
troubled waters: the consequences of civil liability
4. The
politics of law: cats, pigeons and old chestnuts
5. The
companies we keep: the moralities of business
6. Fifty
shades of Brown: consent and the criminal law
7. Putting
up a defence: sex, murder and videotapes
8. Wade-ing
into controversy: a case of accidental activism
9. Playing
a different tune: fairness in deal-making
10.
Conclusion: surfing the tides.
Further
information is available here.
