The institute of allowable risk with focus on the area of health care

The institute of allowable risk with focus on the area of health care Abstract The topic of this thesis is the institute of allowable risk in health care, i.e. one of the expressly stated circumstances excluding unlawfullness in the Czech Criminal Code. At first, this thesis deals in general with the definition of unlawfullness, with expressly stated circumstances excluding unlawfullness in the Criminal Code in its general and special part and subsequently with circumstances excluding unlawfullness not expressly stated. In the next part, this thesis contains the international and constitutional law basis for the right for life and health, untouchability of a person and scientific research liberty. Third main part of this thesis is devoted to a detailed study of allowable risk in the area of health care. At first, attention is given to positive description of allowable risk, i.e. benefit for the society, definition of risk, exercise in the course of employment or post, subsidiarity of risky conduct and term achieved state of knowledge - term and advancement de lege artis. After positive characteristics, description of negative characteristics of allowable risk follows, i.e. of free and informed consent and its absence, proportionality principle, contradiction with a legal regulation, public interest,..