CHAPTER THREE: Legalizing Euthanasia: The Role of Law and the Rule of Technique.

Chapter three of the book "The Modern Art of Dying: A History of Euthanasia in the United States," by Shai J.Lavi, is presented. It explores the attempts to legalize euthanasia as a medical treatment in the U.S. including the establishment of the National Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia as the country's first American euthanasia society. It notes that advocates of euthanasia attributed a constructive role to the law.