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Submitted papers are published under five thematic sections:
Section I - general:
Legal and legal-ethical scientific articles in the field of medical and pharmaceutical law in the broadest sense, including interdisciplinary studies (co-authorship by lawyers with medical doctors, with medical ethicists, with representatives of natural and social sciences is desirable)
Section II: "Law in Medical Practice":
accessible, especially for the needs of the medical profession, discussions of legal issues arising spontaneously against the background of the practice of medicine
Section III: 'From the courtroom':
glosses, problem commentaries on individual judgments, case studies and case law reviews
Section IV: "Changes in the law":
discussions of changes in current law relevant to the practice of medicine
Section V: 'Commentaries, opinions, reports, reviews':
issue reports from scientific conferences, reviews of publications in the field of medical law and medical ethics, legal opinions, commentaries on current issues in medical law and ethics
Guidelines for case studies:
The case study (case study, case analysis) is successfully used especially in the medical and social sciences. Such a study for the purposes of medical law should combine the features of a glossary, a case study and a legal opinion. Thus, as can be seen, it is a syncretic literary form. Its shape depends on where the case study comes from: from a court decision, from the pre-trial (or investigative) stage, from a medical opinion for the purposes of legal proceedings, from an oral presentation at a scientific conference, or even from the press - as long as it is sufficiently fairly described from the side of medical facts.
A case study should consist of at least three parts.
The first is the facts including all the elements relevant to the case. Medics will want to know as much as possible about medical details, as a lack of these will prevent a full understanding of the legal issues.
2. the second part outlines the legal issue: what the dispute boils down to and what legal issues need to be resolved.
3. the third part, when it comes to a gloss on a judicial decision, is a discussion of the of the judgment together with the parts of the reasoning relevant to the problem. If there are several legal issues, it is possible, for the purpose of the study, to If there are several legal problems, it is possible, for the purpose of the study, to extract only one of them and cite elements of the justification only for that (e.g. when the case is very complicated and multifaceted) or list all the threads in the second part and cite the reasoning for all of them. for the sake of all of them. The latter is more feasible, as the threads usually overlap and condition each other.
4. the fourth part is the court's own commentary on the decision, explaining what the court was aiming at, why it ruled that way and whether it was right. Referring to other similar judgments - either cited in the grounds or associated on their own - is useful if it allows to highlight and consider the the problem from several angles, for example from the point of view of a patient of a different sex, age or profession. If the case only concerns a pre-trial (or investigation), the reasons for the prosecution's decision should be given and commented on the reasons for the decision of the prosecutor (or the ombudsman of professional responsibility).
If the author opts for a pure case study, i.e. one that has not been taken to court, then the third and final part contains a legal assessment of legal assessment: how such a case should, in the author's opinion, be resolved and why - in essence, a legal opinion.
