FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND PENAL LAW

• NCJ Number: 31407
• Author(s): H MUELLER-DIETZ
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Landhausstrasse 18
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: West Germany (Former)
• Note: LAW AND STATE - A BIANNUAL COLLECTION OF RECENT GERMAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THESE FIELDS, V 11 - SEPARATE PRINT

Annotation

REVIEW OF DECISIONS OF THE WEST GERMAN COURTS IN CASES IN WHICH THE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED BY A PERSON ACTING ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF HIS CONSCIENCE.

Abstract

THE CASES INCLUDE MERCY KILLING, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS, REFUSAL OF MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS, AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.