Abstract
Medical law is subject to various approaches and definitions in the jurisprudence.
It can be derived from the complexity of the matter, as well as its considerable
novelty. Methods applied to define medical law stem from various jurisprudential convictions. This article turns attention to such basic problems of defining
medical law as ratione materiae of the regulation, social structure underpinning
regulation, and theoretical approaches (conceptual approach to law system, derivative concept of interpretation) to building a law system