Gesetz zur Gewährleistung selbstbestimmten Sterbens und zur Suizidprävention

The draft legislation and its explanatory memorandum have been fundamentally revised for the new edition. This revision has been prompted not only by recent medical developments but also by the ongoing and highly contentious debate on assisted dying. In particular, the evolving jurisprudence following the Federal Constitutional Court's landmark decision of 26 February 2020 on the right to a self-determined death has opened up new critical perspectives. Against this backdrop, updating the comparative legal perspective likewise provides an opportunity to reassess one's own position within the full range of regulatory approaches and alternatives. In this way, the federal legislature may succeed in fulfilling its constitutional obligation to regulate suicide prevention and assisted dying in an appropriate manner.

Jens Kersten (Von (Autor)) is Professor of Public Law and Administrative Sciences at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Josef Franz Lindner (Von (Autor)) is Professor of Public Law, Medical Law and Legal Philosophy and Executive Director of the Institute for Bio-, Health and Medical Law at the University of Augsburg. Birgit Schmidt am Busch (Von (Autor)) is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Politics and Public Law at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich. Henning Rosenau (Von (Autor)) is Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Medical Law and Executive Director of the Interdisciplinary Scientific Center for Medicine, Ethics and Law at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Carina Dorneck (Von (Autor)) is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, including European and international aspects at the University of Trier. Kim Philip Linoh (Von (Autor)) is a Research Associate (PostDoc) at the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Medical Law at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Henning Lorenz (Von (Autor)) is Public Prosecutor at the Prosecutor's Office in Halle (Saale). Elisabeth Kaupp (Von (Autor)) is Research Associate (PostDoc) at the Chair of Public Law and Administrative Sciences at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.