Suicide and Assisted Suicide in Criminal Law and Canon Law
The paper deals with the issue of suicide and assisted suicide, especially its ethical, criminal law and canon law evaluation. In the first chapter, the author explains what needs to be perceived under these terms and how they differ from euthanasia, offers current statistics on suicides in the Slov...
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Trnava University, Faculty of Law
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| description | The paper deals with the issue of suicide and assisted suicide, especially its ethical, criminal law and canon law evaluation. In the first chapter, the author explains what needs to be perceived under these terms and how they differ from euthanasia, offers current statistics on suicides in the Slovak Republic and discusses basic types of suicides, evaluates the issue of the right to life from an ethical point of view and criticizes the concept of the “right to death”. He concludes that the possible legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia would have widespread negative consequences. The second chapter of the paper is based on the constitutional guarantees of the right to life, which is also supported by the international obligations of the Slovak Republic in this area. Subsequently, it offers a criminal analysis of suicide and assisted suicide in the Slovak legal system. In the last, third chapter, the author finally discusses the issue from the perspective of the doctrine, law and practice of the Catholic Church. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d11166c658b426ead2a2dffb30473692023-09-24T14:23:25ZcesTrnava University, Faculty of LawSocietas et Iurisprudentia1339-54672021-09-0193377710.31262/1339-5467/2021/9/3/37-77Suicide and Assisted Suicide in Criminal Law and Canon LawŠtefan Zeman0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7637-2618Trnava University in Trnava, Trnava, Slovak RepublicThe paper deals with the issue of suicide and assisted suicide, especially its ethical, criminal law and canon law evaluation. In the first chapter, the author explains what needs to be perceived under these terms and how they differ from euthanasia, offers current statistics on suicides in the Slovak Republic and discusses basic types of suicides, evaluates the issue of the right to life from an ethical point of view and criticizes the concept of the “right to death”. He concludes that the possible legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia would have widespread negative consequences. The second chapter of the paper is based on the constitutional guarantees of the right to life, which is also supported by the international obligations of the Slovak Republic in this area. Subsequently, it offers a criminal analysis of suicide and assisted suicide in the Slovak legal system. In the last, third chapter, the author finally discusses the issue from the perspective of the doctrine, law and practice of the Catholic Church.http://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/2021/03/SEI-2021-03-Studies-Zeman-Stefan.pdfcriminal lawcanon lawsuicideassisted suicideeuthanasiaright to lifehuman dignityeuropean court of human rightscriminal codecrime of participation in suicidemagisterium of the catholic churchcode of canon lawgrave sinthe slovak republic |
| spellingShingle | Štefan Zeman Suicide and Assisted Suicide in Criminal Law and Canon Law Societas et Iurisprudentia criminal law canon law suicide assisted suicide euthanasia right to life human dignity european court of human rights criminal code crime of participation in suicide magisterium of the catholic church code of canon law grave sin the slovak republic |
| title | Suicide and Assisted Suicide in Criminal Law and Canon Law |
| title_full | Suicide and Assisted Suicide in Criminal Law and Canon Law |
| title_fullStr | Suicide and Assisted Suicide in Criminal Law and Canon Law |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suicide and Assisted Suicide in Criminal Law and Canon Law |
| title_short | Suicide and Assisted Suicide in Criminal Law and Canon Law |
| title_sort | suicide and assisted suicide in criminal law and canon law |
| topic | criminal law canon law suicide assisted suicide euthanasia right to life human dignity european court of human rights criminal code crime of participation in suicide magisterium of the catholic church code of canon law grave sin the slovak republic |
| url | http://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/2021/03/SEI-2021-03-Studies-Zeman-Stefan.pdf |
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