Criminal Offences against Public Health under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia

  • Vid Jakulin University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law
Keywords: crimes, contagious diseases negligent medical treatment, illegal transplant, quackery

Abstract

The author discusses criminal offences against public health under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia. In this Chapter of the Criminal Code, the object of protection under criminal law is human health, i.e. the health of both individuals and people in general as a common (general) value. Although criminal offences against public health are statistically insignificant in the author’s opinion, they are important for protecting human health as one of the most significant values protected by law. Given the rapid development of medicine, it may be expected that the need will arise in the future for some new incriminations. Modern law places an increasing importance on an injured person’s approval for interference with his or her body, which will lead to a different way of assessing the completeness of the essence of several criminal offences, referred to in this Chapter of the Criminal Code.

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Author Biography

Vid Jakulin, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law

Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: vid.jakulin@pf.uni-lj.si.

References

Legislation and legal documents

Acquisition and Transplantation of Parts of the Human Body for Treatment Purposes Act, Uradni list Republike Slovenije [Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia], No. 56/15.

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Published
2020-04-24
How to Cite
Jakulin V. (2020). Criminal Offences against Public Health under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Slovenia. Medicine, Law & Society, 13(1), 45-66. https://doi.org/10.18690/mls.13.1.45-66.2020
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