RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST LIFE, RELATED TO SUICIDE, IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE ANGLO-SAXON LEGAL FAMILY
Throughout the world, the human right to life is recognized as the highest value, and therefore the protection of life, as a rule, is the most important function of the State. To protect the rights of the individual, each national legislation uses different techniques and methods, while creating its own legal norms. The criminal laws of countries united in one legal family often have somewhat similar, and in some ways different legal norms regulating responsibility for identical crimes. A comparative legal study of similar crimes in foreign countries with different legal systems gives us the opportunity to assess in what aspects Russian legislation meets the generally accepted approaches in the world community. The article evaluates the norms on responsibility for crimes against life related to suicide in the context of their comparative analysis. The author examines the legal norms of the states belonging to the Anglo-Saxon legal family; highlights.