WRONGFUL BIRTH AND WRONGFUL LIFE: AN OUTLOOK ON ZOJA’S ACT Cover Image

ШТЕТА УСЛЕД НЕЖЕЉЕНОГ РОЂЕЊА И НЕЖЕЉЕНОГ ЖИВОТА: ОСВРТ НА ЗОЈИН ЗАКОН
WRONGFUL BIRTH AND WRONGFUL LIFE: AN OUTLOOK ON ZOJA’S ACT

Author(s): Marija Karanikić Mirić
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: Zoja’s Act; Medical malpractice; Wrongful birth; Wrongful life;

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the controversial subject of pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses in wrongful birth and wrongful life cases. The author addresses these issues from a comparative perspective, presents the main arguments for and against awarding damages, and offers a critical analysis of the newly enacted rules of Serbian tort law concerning the birth of a child who would not have been born were it not for negligence on the part of a medical doctor.

  • Issue Year: 64/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 105-131
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Serbian