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INDIANA UNIVERSITY |
COMMUNICATIONS
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NEWS RELEASE
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For Immediate Release |
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October 12, 2001 |
Diane Brown, (317) 274-7711 |
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IUPUI PROFESSORS/AUTHORS
WILL DISCUSS LATEST WORKS AT FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
INDIANAPOLIS - Two IUPUI professors are
among the 15 authors and illustrators who will discuss their latest works
during the third annual Festival of Books beginning Oct. 18.
IU School of Law-Indianapolis professor
David Orentlicher and IU School of Liberal Arts professor David Schanker will
participate on a panel of local authors at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24 at the
Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center, 6701 Hoover Road.
This year's Festival of Books will run Oct.
18 - Nov. 8 at the Jewish Community Center. More than 900 titles, including
cookbooks, biographies, non-fiction and children's books will be available for
purchase. The general admission is free. Some special sessions require
admission ranging from $3 to $10 for adults.
Orentlicher will discuss his forthcoming
book "Matters of Life and Death." The book, which Princeton
University Press is scheduled to publish in December, addresses how a society
translates moral principles into legal rules. Orentlicher considers this
question with three difficult life and death medical issues: physician-assisted
suicide, the forcing of pregnant women to accept treatments to save their
fetuses, and the denial of life-sustaining treatment on grounds of medical
futility. The author's work takes into account real-life cases and the research
of leading scholars.
"I try to ensure that ethical theory
recognizes the realities of the doctor-patient relationship," Orentlicher
said.
“ ‘Matters of Life and Death’ is a rich and
stimulating contribution to bioethics and law," a reviewer wrote. "It
is the first book to examine closely the broad problems of translating
principle into practice."
Academia, law and Hoosier basketball mania
set the art-imitates-life background for Schanker's newest book, "Natural
Law." The "action-packed thriller" is a "philosophical
mystery that examines our moral responsibility for our actions," Schanker
said.
"Natural Law," released earlier
this year as a sequel to Schanker's "A Criminal Appeal," is a drama
about a Marion county deputy public defender who investigates the murder of an
arrogant law professor. It features the return of heroine Nora Lumsey, and the
introduction of a new character, police detective Luther Cox.
"Schanker effectively shuttles back and
forth between (Lumsey's and Cox's) perspectives, giving the reader a view from
both sides of a case that moves from raggedy trailer parks to well-appointed
law school offices to the splendidly appointed domain of the real power at the
university, the rapacious basketball coach," a reviewer wrote.
The Jewish Community Center is sponsoring
the festival with support from the Central Indiana Community Foundations, Inc.,
the Indiana Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Arts
Council of Indianapolis.
For additional information about the book
fair, call Bryan Cahen at (317) 251-9467, ext. 240 or Naomi Tropp at (317)
251-9467, Ext. 227.
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