Самоубийството и общественото отношение към него от Древността до Просвещението
The Public Attitude Towards Suicide from the Antiquity till the Enlightenment
Author(s): Elitsa VasilevaSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Criminal Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Suicide; Antiquity; Middle Ages; Enlightenment; Criminal Law; Public attitude
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a short historical review of the public attitude towards suicide and the way it impacts Criminal Law. The highlights in the article are first of all, the attitude that the people of antiquity showed towards the right to die, then the Church' s hegemony taking over the legislator's functions, as well as the society turning back to the values of Antiquity and the natural human rights. This article is the first part of a research about criminalization and decriminalization of suicide.
Journal: Годишник на департамент „Право”
- Issue Year: 5/2016
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 328-344
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Bulgarian