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Of Wrongful Birth, Wrongful Life, Comparative Law and the Politics of Tort Law SystemsIvo GiesenUtrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law; Utrecht University School of Law June 24, 2009 Tydskrif vir Heedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg (THRHR), Vol. 72, p. 257, 2009 Abstract: In analysing ‘wrongful birth’ and ‘wrongful life’ cases, comparative law is used extensively. This article examines those claims in light of the Dutch Kelly case and the recent South African decision in Stewart v Botha. I argue first that the right to self-determination and the sanctioning of a breach of that fundamental right are at stake here and that those considerations point towards allowing these claims. However, it is also argued that it is not so much the outcomes and arguments found elsewhere through comparative law that are decisive in highly debated cases like those concerning wrongful birth and wrongful life, but that instead it is the cultural background, the policies within a tort law system that decides the issue, irrespective of how the legal comparative arguments are being weighed.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 17 Keywords: wrongful life, wrongful birth, comparative law, legal policy, tort law, self-determination JEL Classification: K13, K32, I18 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: June 25, 2009 ; Last revised: April 2, 2013Suggested CitationContact Information
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