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FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND PENAL LAW

NCJ Number
31407
Author(s)
H MUELLER-DIETZ
Date Published
1975
Length
18 pages
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.