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Background and Aim: The theory of consent and innocence are two major approaches in medical law that, studying them as one of the essential conditions of medical liability, has special significance. This study aimed to analyze the discussion of consent and innocence and its impact on medical liability falling. Materials and Methods: In the present study, keywords of consent, innocence, doctor, and liability in databases PubMed, Magiran, SID, ISC, and Google Scholar were searched and relevant literature was searched and analyzed. Ethical Considerations: Principles of ethics and integrity in the search, citation, and literature analysis were taken into consideration. Findings: In this study, after explaining the concept of patient consent and satisfactory and capacity conditions in its declaration and also the concept of innocence and its terms, it is emphasized that every wise and mature person has the right to decide about the treatment or medical method recommended for him. Conclusion: Although the legislator explicitly pointed to obtain consent from the patient or his legal representatives in surgeries and medical operations and the existence of such consent in all surgical and medical operations is known as a requirement except in cases of urgent, but because in our legal system to comply with Jurisprudence, the obligation to result in surgeries and medical operations indicates the nature of the commitment of doctors and theoretical basis of medical liability, obtaining patient consent, legitimation of medical procedures and respecting the legitimacy of scientific and technical aspects of the state system are not the complete reasons of the collapse of medical liability and compensation the physician is responsible for a compensation of the damages applied to the patient unless before starting treatment acquittal is received from the patient or his representatives. *Corresponding Author: Mahmoud Abbasi; Email: dr.abbasi@sbmu.ac.ir; orcid:0000-0002-4223-6818 Please cite this article as: Abbasi M. Requirements of Consent and Innocence and its Impact on Medical Liability Falling. Bioeth Health Law J. 2021; 1:1-8: (e7). http://doi.org/10.22037/bhl.v1i1.38132

Posthumous reproduction (PHR) is the process by which assisted reproductive technology is used to establish pregnancy and produce genetic offspring following the death of a parent. There are different ethical and legal approaches towards this method of reproduction around the world. This paper will study the legality of PHR and its legal consequences for the family status of a child born by this technology according to Iranian law. This research uses the descriptive-analytical method to study Iranian legislation, the opinion of jurists and jurisconsults, and case law in the area of PHR. The only statute regarding assisted reproductive technology in Iranian law – the Embryo Donation Act 2003 – and the associated regulation contain no explicit provision on PHR. The subject is therefore very controversial among Iranian jurists and jurisconsults. This issue has also been the subject of divergent court decisions. This study shows that the current legislation is insufficient to address various issues raised by PHR, and there is a need for the legislature to provide legislative clarity. Although advocates of this technique use the approval of some jurisconsults (fuqahâ) as justification for the legal recognition of PHR during the idda period in Iranian law, some concerns regarding the practice, especially the child's best interests, support prohibition or at least restriction to specific, limited cases.

Organ transplantation is a new issue in medical science. It is an important achievement and a sign of the progression and ability of medical centers around the world. Governments, populations, the medical community and people involved in culture, art, and media all have a decisive role in the culture of organ donation, which is the only way to guarantee that the healthy organs of a brain-dead person can continue to work and save the lives of people in need of organ transplantation. The brain death phenomenon and its possible application in organ transplantation, while offering new hope for the salvation of a number of patients, has led to many ethical, cultural, and legal issues. Ethical issues in organ transplantation are very complicated due to many social factors such as religion, culture, and traditions of the affected communities. The ethical and legal points of removing organs from the body of a living or cadaveric source, the definition of brain death, the moral and legal conditions of the donor and the recipient, and the financial relationship between them and many others, are all critical issues in organ transplantation. While there may be no available explicit solution to these issues, they should be rigorously considered by the experts. Efforts to systematically eliminate barriers and solve problems in organ transplantation, can not only reduce the costs of maintaining brain-dead patients and encourage patients that need organ transplantation but can also prevent immoral and illegal activities. In this paper, we have reviewed the most important and current challenges in organ transplantation with a view to the ethical considerations, and we have suggested some strategies to extend it in Iran.

Women's empowerment can be defined as a change in the circumstances of a woman's life, which enables her to raise her capacity to manage more enriched and rewarding life. Improvement in women's empowerment is a salient issue to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. National laws are influential factors in promoting women's empowerment. Lack of awareness of legal and constitutional provisions and failure to recognize it, is a factor that hinders the process of empowerment. This paper provides a review based on Iranian legislations which have considered various aspects of women's empowerment. Although this work has specifically dealt with women's needs, it encompasses a right–based approach to women's empowerment suggested by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities. However, there is still a great need for further inquiries in the area of legislations concerning women's empowerment around the world in general and Iran in particular.