Wrongful Conception, Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life: Possibility of Reception in Perspective of the Brazilian Civil Constitucional Law

From a civil-constitutional perspective, in a complex and unitary legal system, it is relevant to investigate if the wrongful conception, wrongful birth and wrongful life situations deserve legal protection in Brazil. Considering there is no need of a written law for every legal fact, it is possible...

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Autores: Nardelli, Eduardo Felipe, Sá, Priscilla Zeni de
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Recursos:Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Direito Civil em Perspectiva
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/1464
Acesso em linha:http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/direitocivil/article/view/1464
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:wrongful birth
conception and life
civil liability
loss of a chance
nascimento
concepção ou vida indesejados
responsabilidade civil
perda de uma chance.
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Resumo:From a civil-constitutional perspective, in a complex and unitary legal system, it is relevant to investigate if the wrongful conception, wrongful birth and wrongful life situations deserve legal protection in Brazil. Considering there is no need of a written law for every legal fact, it is possible to identify constitutional and principles support in the legal system, in order to recognize doctor’s civil liability in the stated situations. By using the adequate cause theory, should be precisely identified which are the compensable damages, also considering a possible loss of a chance liability.