Bøger af Penney (Reader in Law Lewis

The question of whether euthanasia and assisted suicide should be legalized is often treated as a universal, ethical question, transcending national boundaries and diverse legal systems. This book examines the impact of the choice of diverse legal routes towards legalization on the subsequent assisted dying regimes in operation.

Discusses the psychological effects of childhood sexual abuse to shed light on the reasons why a victim might delay in making a complaint. This book introduces two categories of delay: those in which the victim remembered the abuse but was unable to complain; and those in which the victim's memory was allegedly lost and later recovered.