Law
Jan Felix Sturm
Die hypothetische Einwilligung im Strafrecht
Überlegungen zu den dogmatischen Grundlagen und zum Anwendungsbereich der Rechtsfigur
[Hypothetical Consent in Criminal Law. Thoughts on the Doctrinal Basis and the Scope of a Legal Concept.]
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Published in German.
German criminal courts recognize »hypothetical consent« as a defense in medical battery cases. Discussing whether this notion can be understood as part of the broader criminal law concept of »objective attribution«, the author traces the jurisprudential controversy back to different concepts of autonomy and examines the scope of the defense beyond medical criminal law.