Law, legal fictions and lawlessness

Marc A. Jones, an adjunct professor at Concord University School of Law, writes:

At the heart of the controversy surrounding the court-enforced death of Terri Schiavo is a legal issue that the courts and the media have failed to address. Does a person have a legal right to consent to a crime? To understand why this is a central issue, a brief review of American common law is in order.