Overview

The McGill Journal of Law and Health (MJLH) is a peer-reviewed academic journal featuring literature from renowned academics and practitioners on current issues of law and policy relating to health. Publishing annually since 2007 on topics ranging from medical practice and technology, to intellectual property and medical ethics, the MJLH is a bilingual, student-run venture based at the Faculty of Law of McGill University, and operates within an interdisciplinary and transsystemic framework of legal scholarship. To date, MJLH articles have been cited in at least three decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada: R v Mabior, 2012 SCC 47, [2012] 2 SCR 584; Cuthbertson v Rasouli, 2013 SCC 53, [2013] 3 SCR 341; and Reference re Assisted Human Reproduction Act, 2010 SCC 61, [2010] 3 SCR 457. This amounts to approximately one SCC citation for every twelve articles published by the MJLH. MJLH articles have also been cited in at least two Court of Appeal decisions: R v Bear (CW), 2013 MBCA 96, and Adoption — 1445, 2014 QCCA 1162. An open-access philosophy means that the MJLH’s scholarship is available at no cost to the legal community and the public at large. The MJLH is freely available online at http://mjlh.mcgill.ca, or as a hardcopy subscription upon request for a small fee to cover printing costs. The Journal is also accessible through leading legal databases such as Quicklaw, WestlaweCARSWELL, and HeinOnline, as well as in print in many law libraries across North America.