{"id":11094,"date":"2026-07-05T10:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/pravni-zapisi-1-2026\/11090-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T10:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:36:13","slug":"11090-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/en\/pravni-zapisi-1-2026\/11090-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVII \u2022 No. 1 \u2022 pp. 106-143<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE ECONOMICS OF THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE:<br \/>\nCONTRIBUTION TO THE EUTHANASIA DEBATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10627\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PZ-2026_01-04-Boris-Begovic.pdf\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pravnizapisi.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pravni-zapisi-1-25-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jezik rada:<br \/>Engleski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Boris Begovi\u0107<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor (retired), University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, <\/strong><strong>Serbia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"s2\">e-mail: <a href=\"mailto:begovic@ius.bg.ac.rs\">begovic@ius.bg.ac.rs<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">ORCID ID: <\/b>0000-0001-7343-190X<\/p>\n<p>Pravni zapisi, No. 1\/2026, pp. 106-143<br \/>\n<b><\/b>Original Scientific Article<br \/>\n<b>DOI<\/b>: 10.5937\/pravzap17-65057<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>KEY WORDS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Euthanasia, Economic Valuation of Human Life, Value of Statisti\u00adcal Life, Objective Value of Human Life, Subjective Value of Human Life, Legalization, Voluntary Assisted Dying, Legal Regulation<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ABSTRACT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The paper examines the economics of the value of human life, seeking a suitable input that would make a relevant contribution to the euthanasia debate, focusing on the legal status of euthanasia, specified in the paper as \u201cvoluntary as\u00adsisted dying\u201d, especially in the key disputes in that debate. The paper looks at three economic models of the value of human life: the model of the value of statistical life, the model of the objective value of human life, and the model of the subjective value of human life. These models were evaluated for their suitability in providing inputs to the euthanasia debate, and only the subjective value model passed the evalua\u00adtion. The most significant input from the economic model is the proposition that only \u201cvoluntary euthanasia\u201d should be legalized as a last resort measure and that the decision-making process should be strictly regulated and specified in detail in legislation. Regulation guidelines are provided, as are guidelines for further research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVII \u2022 No. 1 \u2022 pp. 106-143 THE ECONOMICS OF THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE: CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUTHANASIA DEBATE Boris Begovi\u0107 Professor (retired), University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Serbia e-mail: begovic@ius.bg.ac.rs ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7343-190X Pravni zapisi, No. 1\/2026, pp. 106-143 Original Scientific Article DOI: 10.5937\/pravzap17-65057 KEY WORDS Euthanasia, Economic Valuation of Human Life, Value of Statisti\u00adcal Life, Objective Value of Human Life, Subjective Value of Human Life, Legalization, Voluntary Assisted Dying, Legal Regulation ABSTRACT The paper examines the economics of the value of human life, seeking a suitable input that would make a relevant 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