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Controversial Topics
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Capital Punishment in the United States: A Documentary History
edited by Bryan Vila & Cynthia Morris
The Death Penalty: A World-Wide Perspective
by Roger Hood
Is Capital Punishment a Unique Deterrent? A Dispassionate Review of Old and New Evidence
by Ezzat A. Fattah, in Canadian Journal of Criminology
Women and the Death Penalty in the United States, 1900-1998
by Kathleen A. O'Shea
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Life, Death, Genes, and Ethics: Biotechnology and Bioethics
by Max Charlesworth
The Limits of Principle: Deciding Who Lives and What Dies
by Tom Koch
Feminist Approaches to Bioethics: Theoretical Reflections and Practical Applications
by Rosemarie Tong
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The Affirmative Action Debate
by George E. Curry
In Defense of Affirmative Action
by Barbara R. Bergmann
Ending Affirmative Action: The Case for Colorblind Justice
by Terry Eastlan
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The Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice
by Robert M. Baird & Stuart E. Rosenbaum
Perspectives on the Politics of Abortion
by Ted G. Jelen
Abortion, a Case Study in Law and Morals
by Fred M. Frohock
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Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights
by Glenn H. Utter
In the Line of Fire: Youths, Guns, and Violence in Urban America
by Joseph F. Sheley & James D. Wright
The Politics of Gun Control
by Robert J. Spitzer
A Right to Bear Arms: State and Federal Bills of Rights and Constitutional Guarantees
by Stephen P. Halbrook
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Banned in the Media: A Reference Guide to Censorship in the Press, Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, and the Internet
by Herbert N. Foerstel
An American Paradox: Censorship in a Nation of Free Speech
by Patrick Garry
Bleep! Censoring Rock and Rap Music
by Sandra Dauidson & Betty Houchin Winfield
Press and Speech Freedoms in the World, from Antiquity until 1998: A Chronology
by Louis Edward Ingelhart
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The Right to Die Debate: A Documentary History
by Marjorie B. Zucker
To Die Or Not to Die? Cross-Disciplinary, Cultural, and Legal Perspectives on the Right to Choose Death
by Joyce Berger
Last Rights : The Struggle Over the Right to Die
by Sue Woodman
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