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Il fine vita e il legislatore pensante. Il punto di vista dei comparatisti - Parte II
2021
The essay deals with the theme of the end of life within the Italian legal system in comparison with that of other foreign legal systems. In particular, the research addresses the issue of the precautionary tools that the civil process offers to those who ask to end their own life, in the absence of intervention by the competent authorities.
Il fine vita e il legislatore pensante: I minori e la volontà di farla finita
2021
The essay explores the possibility that, in the future, Italian law might consider children and adolescents as subjects eligible to controversial practices such as euthanasia or assisted suicide, widening the limits drawn by the Constitutional Court in the sentence n. 242/2019. The national and European legal frameworks allow estimating, under a comparative perspective, the low probability that such legislation will be enacted in Italy
La morte medicalmente assistita tra regolamentazioni nazionali europee e prospettive legislative italiane
2021
The essay focuses on the different legislative rules which allow seriously ill patients to legally receive euthanasia or assisted suicide in Europe to examine the Italian legislation currently being approved on the same matter from a comparative legal perspective. The research about such an ethical theme involving several fundamental principles, like human dignity, life and solidarity, analyses the approaches of the Belgian, Dutch, Luxembourg and Spanish legal systems. The study will shed light on the essentiality of some preventive safeguards to support patients��� autonomy in consenting or refusing an end-of-life treatment, in line with the Italian Constitutional Court suggestions.