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| European Journal of Health Law | |
|---|---|
| Title | European Journal of Health Law |
| Discipline | Health law |
| Language | English |
| Abbreviation | Eur. J. Health Law |
| Publisher | Brill Nijhoff |
| Country | Netherlands |
| History | 1994–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Issn | 0929-0273 |
| Eissn | 1571-8093 |
European Journal of Health Law The European Journal of Health Law is a peer-reviewed quarterly focusing on legal aspects of health, bioethics, and healthcare regulation, published by Brill Nijhoff in the Netherlands. It addresses intersections among law, medicine, and policy, attracting contributions from scholars associated with institutions such as University of Cambridge, Leiden University, University of Oxford, Harvard University, and Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. The journal informs debates related to European institutions like the European Commission, European Court of Human Rights, Council of Europe, European Medicines Agency, and World Health Organization.
The journal publishes original research articles, commentaries, case notes, and book reviews centering on legal issues raised by technological innovations such as those discussed at European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, and CERN collaborations with biomedical research. Contributors often come from law schools and research centers including Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Humboldt University of Berlin, KU Leuven, and University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Topics intersect with policy forums such as G7 Summit, G20 Summit, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations General Assembly, and case law from courts like the Court of Justice of the European Union and national apex courts such as Bundesverfassungsgericht and Cour de cassation.
Established in 1994, the journal emerged amid debates spurred by landmark developments including the Human Genome Project, the European Union Maastricht Treaty, and rulings like Francovich v. Italy influencing liability and rights frameworks. Early editors collaborated with scholars associated with University of Milan, University of Amsterdam, Sciences Po, University of Edinburgh, and Trinity College Dublin. Over time the journal tracked regulatory responses to events such as the BSE crisis, the SARS outbreak, the H1N1 pandemic, and the COVID-19 pandemic, publishing analyses related to legislative instruments like the European Health Insurance Card and directives such as the Clinical Trials Directive.
The journal covers a broad array of topics including medical negligence debates influenced by cases from the House of Lords (UK) and the Supreme Court of Canada, bioethics dialogues referencing commissions like the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, intellectual property disputes exemplified by litigation involving GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, and Novartis, and public health law discussions tied to entities such as European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Food and Agriculture Organization, and World Trade Organization. It addresses transplantation law with reference to registries like Eurotransplant, reproductive technologies debated before bodies such as European Court of Human Rights and legislative acts like the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (Oviedo Convention), as well as data protection matters involving European Data Protection Board, General Data Protection Regulation, and privacy cases from the European Court of Justice.
The editorial board comprises academics and practitioners from institutions such as Radboud University Nijmegen, University of Glasgow, University of Copenhagen, Stockholm University, Helsinki University, University of Barcelona, and think tanks including Chatham House and European Policy Centre. The publisher, Brill Nijhoff, coordinates peer review and production alongside editorial offices connected to departments like Maastricht University Faculty of Law and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Each issue typically includes an editorial, peer-reviewed articles, and reviews of monographs published by presses such as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Hart Publishing, and Springer.
The journal is indexed by major services and databases including Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, HeinOnline, and ProQuest, and appears in catalogues maintained by institutions such as the British Library, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Library of Congress, and university libraries at University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, and University of Sydney. Citation metrics track influence alongside comparative journals like Medical Law Review, Journal of Medical Ethics, Health Policy, and Public Health Ethics.
Scholars and policymakers from bodies such as the European Parliament, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, National Health Service (England), Robert Koch Institute, and advisory committees to ministries like Ministry of Health (France) have cited the journal's analyses. The journal has shaped debates referenced in reports by European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Council of the European Union, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Health Division, and national inquiries including those led by UK Public Health England and Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate.
Special issues have focused on emergencies like COVID-19 pandemic responses, data governance vis-à-vis General Data Protection Regulation, and innovations such as CRISPR–Cas9 technologies discussed alongside regulatory proposals from European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety. Noteworthy articles have engaged with jurisprudence from the European Court of Human Rights, policy frameworks from World Health Organization, and comparative studies involving law schools like University of Melbourne Law School and National University of Singapore Faculty of Law.
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