Description: Are you alive? Most people believe that some law defines our status as living (or not) for all purposes. But Foley shows that "not being dead" isn't necessarily the same as being alive, in the eyes of the law. The need for more organ transplants and conservation of health care resources is exerting pressure to expand the legal definition of death.
Brief description: Elizabeth Price Foley is Professor of Law at Florida International University College of Law.
Review Quotes: Foley's book is essentially a primer or textbook on these legal issues of life and death, suitable for ethicists interested in learning about the law and for lawyers interested in learning about ethics... Foley ably lays out the moral arguments and legal disputes, and persuasively criticizes poorly reasoned judicial opinions.--Eric Posner "New Republic online" (6/23/2011 12:00:00 AM)