Resource Tag: JUDICIAL RULINGS

The purpose of this article is to test the advisability of admitting evidence of attempted suicide by determining whether is is relevant to a fair inference of conscious & actual guilt &, if so, whether any of the recognized rules of exclusion in American law would bar its admission. It is concluded that any connection […]

The author states with regard to physician-assisted suicide, proponents are most likely to get what they want by presenting compelling stories of dying patients asking their physicians for means to avoid the seemingly meaningless pain & indignity of terminal illness. These stories directly implicate statutes against assisted suicide. These laws, & the stories for & […]

Please see SIEC #2007-0117 for the reference to Watt’s book.

This article discusses a case in which the Quebec Court of Appeal was called upon to decide whether or not an insurer who issued an accident insurance policy could refuse a claim following a suicide which occurred more than two years after the coming into effect of the policy.

This article briefly reviews two rulings by the Quebec Superior Court dealing with the suicide of an insured party less than two years after reinstatement of the insured’s policy. Contradictory judgments were rendered.

The nature & extent of suicide among American college students is examined in this article. Risk & protective factors are discussed as are responses to suicide in this population, legal issues & training issues. The importance of college student suicide & its prevention is emphasized as is the importance of protective factors. (68 refs.)

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Parts 3-5 of this article discuss the limitations on the right of competent patient’s to refuse treatment, including the state’s interest in preventing suicide. Part 6 argues that the state has a legitimate interest not in preventing all suicides, but only irrational ones & that, conversely, the values underlying the right to refuse treatment only […]

This article examines legal restrictions on physician-assisted suicide in Germany where this practice is in principle a criminal offence. The distinction between active euthanasia & indirect euthanasia is discussed as is the intersection of euthanasia & assisted suicide. Judicial rulings & current legislation are included throughout the article to illustrate the author’s arguments. (60 refs.)

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The first part of this article introduces & reviews American legislation & judical rulings regarding assisted suicide & euthanasia. The second part provides a detailed examination of judicial rulings from the states of Washington & New York & the Supreme Court. The third through seventh sections offer arguments from the perspectives of history, fairness, autonomy, […]

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This article discusses the case of George Beecham who assisted in the suicide of his daughter. It is suggested that a serious injustice is done to such defendants in the United Kingdom. The author asserts this injustice would be easily corrected by the creation of a suitably closely defined defence analogous to mercy killing. The […]

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