I'd be interested to know what the list thinks about the reasoning of the recent decision by a state appeals court in Cologne holding that performing a circumcision constituted the crime of bodily harm (similar to battery). You can find a decent translation of the decision here:
http://adam1cor.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/circumcision_eng.doc There is a summary of the case (with the original German language documents) here: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2012/06/27/german-court-rules-childs-religious-circumcision-was-unlawful-analysis/ The relevant German law can be found here: http://dejure.org/gesetze/StGB/223.html It states that the crime of bodily harm is punishable with up to 5 years imprisonment. As a result of the ruling, the Jewish Hospital in Berlin has stopped performing circumcisions for religious reasons: http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/juedisches-krankenhaus-berlin-stoppt-religioese-beschneidungen-a-841804.html _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
