The medical law– a component of bioethics and the new direction of jurisprudence

Purpose: Consideration of problems of interrelation of bioethics and medical law as new direction of jurisprudence. Methodology: Authors applied historical and legal, comparative and legal methods, a formal – legal method, a method of the included supervision, a statistical method. Results: The conclusion that the prompt growth of number of declarations and the documents of ethical character accepted by National and international professional medical Associations, is accompanied by formation of the medical legislation that, in turn, determines demand growth in the new direction of jurisprudence – the medical law – one of branches of the bioethics, urged to protect human rights in science and medicine is drawn. Key problems of the medical law correspond to the main questions of bioethics. Experiments with people, protection of the rights of patients, problem of abortions, various aspects of treatment of infertility, euthanasia problem, problem of use of genetically modified products, transplantology problems concern to them. Novelty/originality/value: Article has the high scientific value as in it the subject of the medical law in interrelation with bioethics provisions is reasonable, and the main perspective directions of development of legal regulation of medical activity are designated.