POLI 309 Chapter Notes -Kent Roach, Fundamental Justice, Canada Act 1982
12 Sep 2014
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Euthanasia, often referred to as assisted suicide," is illegal in canada. The law surrounding euthanasia is complex, controversial, and morally questionable it is for these reasons, among others, that the topic of euthanasia has been vastly debated by scholars, religious communities, and even supreme court judges. Canada, rodriguez"s claim rested upon the argument that this prohibition violates the canadian. Upon losing her case, rodriguez filed an appeal at the british. Columbia court of appeal where the original verdict was upheld. Supreme court of canada, rodriguez lost in a 5-4 judgment. While this paper will spend much time outlining arguments both for and against euthanasia, its essential argument is not a question of whether or not assisted suicide should remain an offense in canadian criminal law. 1 rodriguez v british columbia (attorney general), 1993 scc 3, [1993] 3 s. c. r. 1 explaining this problem, this paper will also assert that rodriguez v bc is representative of what.
