@article{ref1,
title="On the Puzzling Death of the Sanctity-of-Life Argument",
journal="Argumentation",
year="2020",
author="Stevens, K.",
volume="34",
number="1",
pages="55-81",
abstract="The passage of time influences the content of the law and therefore also the validity of legal arguments. This is true even for charter-arguments, despite the widely held view that constitutional law is made to last. In this paper, I investigate the reason why the sanctity-of life argument against physician assisted suicide lost its validity between the Supreme Court decision in Rodriguez v. British Columbia in 1993 and Carter v. Canada in 2015. I suggest that a rhetorical approach to argument evaluation is the best basis for a satisfying explanation. © 2019, Springer Nature B.V.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0920-427X",
doi="10.1007/s10503-019-09491-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10503-019-09491-1"
}