scholarly journals LEGAL APPLICATION OF THE OFFENCE OF MURDER AND EUTHANASIA IN NIGERIA

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sani Ibrahim Salihu ◽  
Yuhanif Yusof ◽  
Rohizan Halim
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Slippery Slope ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Voluntary Consent ◽  
The Law

Abstract: Euthanasia is one of the concepts that stifled debate among academics, lawyers, religious scholars and even politicians. The reason being that it is killing human being although forcompassionate reason, and with voluntary consent of the victim. Opponents of legalizing it, rely on the fear of slippery slope, sacred nature of life and question of inheritance. Despite the aforementioned factors, some countries legalised it while it remains a crime in the majority of other countries including Nigeria. We wrote this paper with the aim of highlighting and reinforcing the prohibition of the practice using Nigerian laws. Doctrinal method was employed to achieve the above objectives. In the process both primary and secondary legal materials were fully considered. The scope of the paper was limited to substantive provisions of both the penal code and the criminal code of Nigeria respectively. The aforementioned laws deal with the offence of murder by conduct or omission. However, there is no mention of the direct act of euthanasia, but from the reading of the laws inference can be drawn relating to withholding and withdrawing medical treatment leading to death. The finding of the paper is that although there is an elaborate provision regarding the prohibition of euthanasia under the criminal code, the law is not so adequate under the penal code and both laws are independent of themselves. Since both laws are applied at different geopolitical zones in Nigeria, the inadequacy of the laws will affect the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria. The paper therefore suggests an amendment to the penal code to fill the gap it has created.   Keywords: Euthanasia, Physician assisted suicide, Slippery slope, Murder, Nigeria.   Abstrak: Euthanasia telah menimbulkan konflik antara ahli akademik, peguam, tokoh agama dan juga ahli politik. Ini adalah kerana ia mematikan atau membunuh manusia sekalipun dilakukan atas dasar simpati dan dengan persetujuan mangsa. Pihak yang menentang euthanasia berpegang kepada faktor-faktor ‘slippery slope’, kesucian nyawa dan isu peninggalan. Walaupun begitu, terdapat negara yang mempraktikkan euthanasia manakala negara yang tidak berbuat demikian adalah kerana mengganggap ia sebagai satu jenayah termasuklah Nigeria. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk membincangkan berkaitan larangan perlaksanaan euthanasia berdasarkan undang-undang yang ada di Nigeria. Kaedah doktrinal digunakan untuk mencapai objektif kajian. Kedua-dua data primer dan sekunder turut digunakan dalam proses ini. Skop kajian pula hanya memfokuskan kepada peruntukan undang-undang ada dalam kanun keseksaan dan kanun jenayah. Undang-undang ini ada kaitan dengan kesalahan membunuh sama ada melalui melakukan sesuatu perbuatan atau ketinggalan. Walaupun tidak dinyatakan secara langsung, tetapi perbuatan menahan dan menarik balik rawatan perubatan yang membawa kepada kematian boleh dianggap sebagai euthanasia. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa walaupun terdapat peruntukan berhubung larangan terhadap euthanasia di bawah kanun jenayah, tetapi ia tidak mencukupi di bawah kanun keseksaan dan kedua-dua undang-undang ini adalah bebas daripada satu sama lain. Memandangkan kedua-dua undang- undang ini digunakan di zon yang berbeza di Nigeria, kelemahan undang-undang ini akan mempengaruhi pentadbiran keadilan jenayah di Nigeria. Oleh itu, artikel ini mencadangkan pindaan dilakukan kepada kanun jenayah bagi mengatasi masalah ini.   Kata Kunci: Euthanasia, ‘Physician assisted suicide’, ‘Slippery slope’, Bunuh, Nigeria.

When slippery slope arguments miss the mark: a lesson from one against physician-assisted death

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 657-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Blackstone ◽  
Stuart J Youngner
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Slippery Slope ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Assisted Death ◽  
Slippery Slope Arguments ◽  
Life Sustaining Treatment ◽  
American Society ◽  
Susan Wolf

In 1989, Susan Wolf convincingly warned of a troublesome consequence that should discourage any movement in American society towards physician-assisted death—a legal backlash against the gains made for limiting life-sustaining treatment. The authors demonstrate that this dire consequence did not come to pass. As physician-assisted suicide gains a foothold in USA and elsewhere, many other slippery slope arguments are being put forward. Although many of these speculations should be taken seriously, they do not justify halting the new practice. Instead, our courts, regulatory agencies, journalists, professional organisations and researchers should carefully monitor and study it as it unfolds, allowing continuous improvement just as our society has done in implementing the practice of limiting life-sustaining treatment.

19. Medical Assistance in Dying

2019 ◽  
pp. 615-665
Author(s):  
G. T. Laurie ◽  
S. H. E. Harmon ◽  
E. S. Dove
Keyword(s):  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Double Effect ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Philosophical Concept ◽  
Medical Assistance In Dying ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter discusses ethical and legal aspects of euthanasia and assisted dying. It first examines the non-voluntary termination of life, covering the relationship between medical treatment and assistance in dying as a matter of failure to treat, and the philosophical concept of ‘double effect’. The chapter then discusses activity and passivity in assisted dying; dying as an expression of patient autonomy; suicide and assisted suicide; physician-assisted suicide; and assisted dying in practice.

The draft code and reliance upon official statements

Legal Studies ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glanville Williams
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Code ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Model Penal Code ◽  
Draft Code ◽  
American Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
Political Realities ◽  
Law Commission

Any project to draft a criminal code has to compromise between the desirable and the politically possible. It may be that the draft now produced by the Law Commission, or something like it, is the best that can safely be backed, though the contrast between it and the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code (which also had to take account of political realities, and yet has been adopted in many States) is a painful reflection on our stodginess. It is hard to avoid the impression that the Law Commission have been too cautious in their approach, leaning too much in favour of bare restatement of the existing law and against modifications that experience or reflection show to be necessary.

scholarly journals Model Penegakan Hukum Anak yang Berhadapan dengan Hukum dalam Proses Penyidikan

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Hamidah Abdurrachman ◽  
Fajar Ari Sudewo ◽  
Dyah Irma Permanasari
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
Central Java ◽  
The Law ◽  
Pass Through

Upaya memberikan perlindungan terhadap Anak yang berhadapan dengan hukum dalam Sistem Peradilan Pidana Anak menunjukkan perkembangan yang sangat berarti. Selama ini terhadap anak yang berkonflik dengan hukum, ditangani secara umum seperti orang dewasa. Anak-anak tersebut melewati proses hukum tanpa ada pendampingan bahkan segera dilakukan upaya paksa berupa penangkapan dan penahanan sehingga anak mengalami putus sekolah. Undang-Undang No. 11 Tahun 2012 tentang Sistem Peradilan Pidana Anak meletakkan fondasi perlindungan anak dengan pendekatan Keadilan Restoratif yaitu dalam penyelesaian perkara melibatkan pelaku, korban, keluarga pelaku/korban dan pihak lain yang terkait untuk bersama-sama mencari penyelesaian yang adil dengan menekankan pemulihan kembali pada keadaan semula dan bukan pembalasan. Keadilan restoratif ini diwujudkan melalui Diversi yaitu pengalihan penyelesaian perkara anak dari proses peradilan pidana ke proses ke luar pengadilan pidana. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa di Jawa Tengah kasus anak yang berkonflik dengan hukum secara umum diselesaikan melalui jalur diversi dan sebagian lainnya diproses menggunakan berdasarkan KUHAP atau jalur pidana. Hal lainnya meskipun sudah menerapkan jalur diversi terhadap anak yang berkonflik dengan hukum namun belum ada keseragaman atau kesamaan model diversi sebagaimana yang diamanatkan di dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2012 tentang Sistem Peradilan Pidana Anak.<br /><br /><br /><em>Efforts to provide protection against Children in conflict with the law in the Criminal Justice System Child shows a very significant development. During against children in conflict with the law, generally handled as an adult. These children pass through the legal process without immediate assistance even forceful measures in the form of arrest and detention so that children have dropped out of school. Law No. 11 Year 2012 on the Criminal Justice System Child laid the foundation of child protection approach Restorative Justice that in settling disputes involving offenders, victims, family offender/victim and other relevant parties to work together to find a fair settlement with the emphasis on restoring back to its original state and not retaliation. Restorative justice is realized through the transfer of settling disputes Diversion namely children from the criminal justice process to a process outside the criminal court. The results of this research showed that in Central Java case of children in conflict with the law are generally resolved through the diversion and some processed using by the Criminal Code or the criminal path. Another thing despite applying diversion path towards children in conflict with the law but there is no uniformity or sameness models of diversion as mandated in Law No. 11 Year 2012 on Child Criminal Justice System</em><br /><br />

scholarly journals PERAN HAKIM SECARA FUNGSIONAL BERDASARKAN PASAL 44 KITAB UNDANG-UNDANG HUKUM PIDANA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1170
Author(s):  
I Nyoman Kari Widya Widana ◽  
I Dewa Made Suartha
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Rule Approach

Studi ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis peran Hakim secara fungsional berdasarkan ketentuan Pasal 44 Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana (KUHP). Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian hukum normatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan peraturan perundang-undangan dan kasus. Adapun hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peran hakim secara fungsional dalam menilai dan memutus perkara yang melibatkan orang yang cacat karena penyakit berdasarkan ketentuan Pasal 44 Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana (KUHP) dalam perkembangan penegakkan hukumnya saat ini telah dikesampingkan. Hal ini disebabkan masih lemahnya atau kurang jelasnya pengaturan Pasal 44 KUHP terkait peran hakim dalam menilai dan memutus perkara yang melibatkan pelaku tindak pidana yang jiwanya cacat dalam pertumbuhan atau karena penyakit, sehingga menimbulkan dualisme pandangan yang berbeda dari setiap sub sistem peradilan pidana (kepolisian, kejaksaan, peradilan). This study aims to analyze the role of Judges functionally based on the provisions of Article 44 of the Criminal Code. The research method used in this study is a normative-law study method using a regulatory and case-rule approach. As for the conclusion of this scientific work, the role of a functional judge and dissolution involving a person who is malformed by article 44 of the criminal code in the current law enforcement development has been ruled out. This is due to the lack of or clarity of the penal code, article 44 of the criminal code relating to the role of judge and cutting a case involving perpetrators whose lives are impaired in growth or because of disease, leading to a different dualismne view from any subsystem of criminal justice (police, prosecutors, justice).

scholarly journals Presidential Permit to Summon Suspect of Corruption of the Member of the House of Representatives

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
Ramiyanto Ramiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
One Step ◽  
The Law ◽  
Code Procedure

Summoning the suspect is one step in the process of investigation in the criminal justice system which had been regulated in the Criminal Code Procedure and in other special laws. However, presenting the suspect of the member of the Parliament before the Court is the problematic one. This is because in reality, it does not need a President permit but legally it does. The problem is whether pre-senting the suspect before the court without a Presidential Permit is not against the law. The findings showed that the regulation dealing with the summoning of the parliament member suspected of cor-ruption is not necessarily required. It is because the crime suspected to the members of House of Rep-resentative is included in the special crime which is stipulated the 2002 Law Number 30 deals with Corruption Eradication Commission Article 46 paragraph (1) with the elucidation in junction to Arti-cle 245 paragraph (3) sub paragraph c.

scholarly journals KEBIJAKAN FORMULASI KEADILAN RESTORATIF DALAM SISTEM PERADILAN PIDANA ANAK

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Made Wahyu Chandra Satriana
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
The Law ◽  
Basic Ideas

The discussion on this journal raised regarding policy formulation RestorativeJustice in the Criminal Justice System Children . The objectives of this research thatin order to properly analyze the basic ideas contained in restorative justice , to dowith children in conflict with the law and to analyze policy formulation set forth in the Law. 112012 on the Criminal Justice System Kids for restorative justice to children inconflict with the law . While this type of research used in scientific journals this isthe kind of normative legal research , because it is based on the assessment thatthere is a conflict between the norms of Law. 11 of 2012 on the Criminal JusticeSystem Children with the norms contained in the draft - Criminal Code ( CriminalCode ) . In this case the unlawful act committed by the child who has not reached theage of 18 (eighteen years ) diversion efforts which have the purpose for the creationof a balance between the interests of focus and attention to the perpetrator and thevictim also impact the completion of the criminal case that happens in thecommunity to ensure and protecting children and their rights in order to live , grow,develop and participate optimally in accordance with the dignity of humanity , aswell as protection from violence and discrimination .

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