The ''Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy'' is a

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run by students at the

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(

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, Washington, D.C.). It was established in 1985 by George P. Smith II and is published semi-annually. The journal covers health-related issues, including legal analysis of recent trends in modern

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, issues involving the relationship of the

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to the

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, and ethical, economic, philosophical and social aspects of medical practice and the delivery of health care systems.

Abstracting and indexing

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, and

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/Health Services Administration.

Symposia

The journal organizes an annual symposium at the Columbus School of Law on current issues in the health and legal fields.

Notable contributors

Richard Posner Richard Allen Posner (; born January 11, 1939) is an American jurist and legal scholar who served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1981 to 2017. A senior lecturer at the University of Chica ...

, "The Ethics and Economics of Enforcing Contracts of Surrogate Motherhood", Vol. V * Michale Kirby, "The Human Genome Project – Promise and Problem", Volume XII *

Raymond O'Brien Raymond O'Brien (born January 18, 1944) is a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and a professor of law at the Columbus School of Law in the Catholic University of America. O'Brien has published numerous books on domestic relat ...

, "Pedophilia: The Legal Predicament of the Clergy", Vol. IV *

Edmund D. Pellegrino Edmund Daniel Pellegrino (June 22, 1920 - June 13, 2013) was an American bioethicist and academic who served as the 11th president of The Catholic University of America (CUA) from 1978 to 1982. For 35 years, Pellegrino was a distinguished profess ...

, "Balancing Science, Ethics, and Politics: Stem Cell Research, a Paradigm Case", Vol. XVIII

External links

* {{Official, http://jchlp.law.edu/default.cfm American law journals Biannual journals Columbus School of Law English-language journals Publications established in 1985 Catholic University of America academic journals 1985 establishments in Washington, D.C.