英国法上“死亡”定义之考察

This article introduces the development of the definition of Death under English law mainly from the perspectives of English Case Law and four Medical Practice Codes. Then it discusses the debate on the Unitary Standard and the Binary Standard under English law, which is concerned with the relationship between the traditional standard of death and the standard of brain death. Moreover, this article describes the current apprehensions of the public towards the definition of death in England. Finally it emphasizes three points which China may learn from English law in this field. Since China is working on the draft of Brain Death Law, this article is supposed to make some contribution.