Perspectives of Law and Culture on the End-of-life Legislations in France, Germany, India, Italy and United Kingdom
Perspectives of Law and Culture on the End-of-life Legislations in France, Germany, India, Italy and United Kingdom

Author: Stéphanie Rohlfing-Dijoux

Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783848754922

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Présentation de l'éditeur : "The interactions between law and culture in addressing the legal problems at the end of a life are currently being discussed in many countries. The discourse on this issue should be multidisciplinary, taking into account its legal, medical, ethical, philosophical and anthropological aspects. The concepts designed to manage the legal problems that occur when a life comes to an end are closely linked to the culture of each country. For this reason, countries with different cultural backgrounds have been selected for this comparative end-of-life study. In France, Germany and Italy, which have a continental legal system, the United Kingdom, which has a common law system, and India, the various religions and cultures exert an important influence on the modernisation of the legislation in this respect. The book deals with recent legislative changes and developments in the countries surveyed."

Culture and Law
Culture and Law

Author: Stephanie Rohlfing-Dijoux

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9783848777310

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The answer to legal questions related to the end of life is subject to strong cultural and religious influences. Medical, philosophical and historical aspects must also be taken into account. Because of the close connection between law and culture, countries with different cultural and religious backgrounds were selected for a comparative study on end-of-life issues. In France, Germany and Switzerland with a continental legal system, in Great Britain with a common law system, in India and Japan, the different religions and cultures exert an important influence on the modernisation of the relevant legislation. The book deals with recent changes in the law and developments in the countries included in the study.

International Perspectives on End-of-Life Law Reform
International Perspectives on End-of-Life Law Reform

Author: Ben P. White

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-12-09

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1108808670

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Much has been written about whether end-of-life law should change and what that law should be. However, the barriers and facilitators of such changes – law reform perspectives – have been virtually ignored. Why do so many attempts to change the law fail but others are successful? International Perspectives on End-of-Life Law Reform aims to address this question by drawing on ten case studies of end-of-life law reform from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium and Australia. Written by leading end-of-life scholars, the book's chapters blend perspectives from law, medicine, bioethics and sociology to examine sustained reform efforts to permit assisted dying and change the law about withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment. Findings from this book shed light not only on changing end-of-life law, but provide insight more generally into how and why law reform succeeds in complex and controversial social policy areas.

Self-Determination, Dignity and End-of-Life Care
Self-Determination, Dignity and End-of-Life Care

Author: Stefania Negri

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-02-03

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 9004223584

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This volume gathers the contributions of leading researchers in the fields of bioethics, medical law and human rights. By providing an interdisciplinary reading of advance directives regulation against the background of European and International law, this book aims to offer new insights into the most controversial legal issues surrounding the theme of dignity and autonomy at the end of life. Cross-cultural perspectives from Europe, the Americas, Australia and China offer a comparative analysis of legal approaches to end-of-life decision-making and care, including the hotly debated issues of euthanasia and assisted suicide, also giving an account of recent developments in domestic legislation and jurisprudence. Special focus is placed on the Italian legal system and its ongoing discussion on advance directives regulation.

Law and Legal Culture in Comparative Perspective
Law and Legal Culture in Comparative Perspective

Author: Günther Doeker-Mach

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9783515085601

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Comparative legal studies are at last commanding the thoughts of contemporary jurists� Alice ES Tay. Drawing on an impressive ancestry in comparative law, the 22 contributions in this volume by authors from Asia, Australia and Europe go further in their complex conception of law and culture. They look at the new principles and concepts of a transnational, global law in new, multiple contexts and in diverse juxtapositions with new institutions and authorities. In an unplanned but cohesive pattern the individual contributions together open a fresh vision of the use and value of comparative legal studies for the assessment of the function and limitations of the law of a global society.

Trust in Medicine
Trust in Medicine

Author: Markus Wolfensberger

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-08-22

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 110848719X

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Examines trust, its definition, value, and decline from the perspective of a physician and a medical ethicist.

Global Trends 2040
Global Trends 2040

Author: National Intelligence Council

Publisher: Cosimo Reports

Published: 2021-03

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9781646794973

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"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Theory of Legal Personhood
Theory of Legal Personhood

Author: Visa A. J. Kurki

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0198844034

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Présentation de l'éditeur: "This work offers a new theory of what it means to be a legal person and suggests that it is best understood as a cluster property. The book explores the origins of legal personhood, the issues afflicting a traditional understanding of the concept, and the numerous debates surrounding the topic."

Importing Into the United States
Importing Into the United States

Author: U. S. Customs and Border Protection

Publisher:

Published: 2015-10-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781304100061

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Explains process of importing goods into the U.S., including informed compliance, invoices, duty assessments, classification and value, marking requirements, etc.