Euthanasia in the context of criminal law

1 Euthanasia in the context of criminal law Abstract This thesis deals with the phenomenon of euthanasia and related concepts in the context of criminal law. It is a long-debated issue in society, the importance of which has come to the forefront of interest not only among experts in recent years. The thesis aims to analyze the issue of euthanasia in connection with criminal offenses that, by their nature, fulfill one of the methods of euthanasia or assisted suicide. The thesis places particular emphasis on the Czech legal environment and the status of euthanasia in the Czech Republic. The thesis itself is divided into four chapters. The first chapter focuses on euthanasia as such, introducing the basic classification and related concepts, such as assisted suicide, advance directives, and prior expressed wishes. The core of the thesis is the second chapter, which deals in detail with euthanasia in the context of criminal law. It gradually introduces the crimes of murder, manslaughter, participation in suicide, and failure to provide first aid, with each crime being analyzed in detail in relation to euthanasia, the conditions under which the elements of the crime are fulfilled, and, in particular, this chapter points out some shortcomings in the Czech criminal law. The third chapter of the thesis is devoted...