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Contents Introduction	ix PART I: THE THEORY OF CONFLICTS OF FUNDAMENTAL LEGAL RIGHTS 1.Law, Morality, and Conflicts of Fundamental Legal Rights3 1.The Dilemma3 2.The Structure of FLRs' Norms: Rules v Principles7 3.Weighing Principles in Competition: Harmony or Conflict? 12 4.Conflicts of FLRs: From Morality to Law23 5.Conclusion25 2.The Concept of Fundamental Legal Rights27 1.FLRs and Analysis27 2.A Preliminary Problem: Reductionism27 3.The Structure and Point of Rights29 4.The Scope (or Content) of FLRs42 5.The External Dimension or The Function(s) of FLRs45 6.FLRs: A Stipulative Definition47 3.The Anatomy of Conflicts of Fundamental Legal Rights49 1.Introduction49 2.Lato Sensu and Spurious Conflicts of FLRs49 3.The Core of Conflicts of FLRs52 4.Theories of Rights, Normative inconsistencies, and Incommensurability55 5.Beyond Absolute or Prima Facie FLRs60 6.A Typology of Conflicts of FLRs64 4.A Framework to Deal with Conflicts of Fundamental Legal Rights 67 1.Why a Framework? 67 2.Conflicts and the Constitution68 3.Interpretation and Conflicts of FLRs74 4.Deference and Conflicts of FLRs79 5.Balancing and Conflicts of FLRs84 6.The Rule of Conflict as the Ultimate Rule of Law90 PART II: THE PRACTICE OF CONFLICTS OF FUNDAMENTAL LEGAL RIGHTS 5.The Fundamental Legal Right to Privacy99 1.Privacy: An Ambiguous Concept 99 2.The Structure of a FLR to Privacy101 3.The Legal Protection of the FLR to Privacy107 4.Conflicts and the FLR to Privacy112 6.The Fundamental Legal Right to Informational Privacy v The Fundamental Legal Right to Free Press114 1.Introduction114 2.Situating the Conflict115 3.Solving the Conflict? 131 7.Mortal Conflicts of Fundamental Legal Rights--The Fundamental Legal Right to Life v The Fundamental Legal Right to Decisional Privacy142 1.Introduction142 2.Physician Assisted Suicide Around the World145 3.The Anatomy of a FLRs' Conflict148 4.Moral and Legal Conflicts156 5.Whose Tragedy Is It? 160 6.Present Solutions: How do Courts Solve the Conflict? 162 7.Accepting or Imposing Sacrifices 166 8.Conclusion168 Bibliography	171 Index	000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Civil rights -- Europe -- Philosophy.
Civil rights -- United States -- Philosophy.