Glucksberg and Quill at Ten:
Death, Dying, and the Constitution

The University of Michigan Law School
Hutchins Hall, Room 100
November 8, 2007
1:30 – 5:00pm

Introduction | Speaker Biographies | Abstracts
Agenda/Webcasts

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Introduction

The symposium considers four questions:

• If faced with an argument built on the reasoning in Lawrence v. Texas, would the Supreme Court revisit Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill and hold that there is a constitutional right to a physician's assistance in choosing the time and manner of one's death?
• What bearing does the experience with the Oregon Death With Dignity Act have on this issue?
• What is the appropriate way to use substantive due process—the approach taken in Glucksberg or that taken in Lawrence?
• How does this issue illuminate the interplay between morality and constitutional law?

Participants' articles will be published in the June 2008 issue of the Michigan Law Review.

Please direct any questions on the symposium to mlr.symp@umich.edu.