| Article | Biojurisprudence: A Fundamental Part of the Modern General Theoretical Law |
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| Authors | Stetsenko S. |
| Name of magazine | Legal journal «Law of Ukraine» (Ukrainian version) |
| Issue | 9 / 2013 |
| Pages | 194 - 216 |
| Annotation | The article presents the author’s vision and determination of the nature of biojurisprudence as modern legal education. The basis of the perception of biojurisprudence contains the human life as the highest social value and the key object of law. Factors which indicate the importance of consideration of this phenomenon in the context of general law are given in the article. The author suggests the definition of biojurisprudence, gives the analysis of its history and provides the principles of this new legal entity. It is specified that legal perinatology, legal somatology and legal thanatology can be considered as the components of biojurisprudence. Legal perinatology deals with the legal aspects of human life starting from the moment of fertilization until birth. Speaking of legal somatology, the part of biojurisprudence which explores the legal aspects of human life from birth until death is meant; it is based on the human right to freely dispose the body throughout life. Legal thanatology explores the legal aspects of the final stage of life, the process of dying and the time until the death of a person continues to have certain biosocial consequences. |
| Keywords | biojurisprudence, general theoretical law, legal perinatology, legal somatology, legal thanatology, medical law, bioethics. |
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