The monograph deals with the regulatory, as well as the broader framework of transplants. It focuses on the conditions that make it permissible to exceptionally resort to the transplantation process, the obligations of the donor and recipient of organs, and doctors. The main legal, medical, and bioethical issues arising from the now widespread clinical application of transplants are common to all legal systems, as inferred from the key points of significant foreign decisions presented.

Delving into and understanding the obligations of doctors and other health professionals involved in the complex transplantation process can guide them to provide the necessary information and ensure that valid consent has been obtained from the parties, so as to protect themselves from civil liability issues. The lawyer will note an intensification of the obligations of the transplant doctor in contrast to the usual obligations of the doctor.

The compilation and presentation of theoretical views, case law data, and elements from mutually involved scientific fields in transplantation (law, medicine, bioethics, religion, philosophy) and their comparative law theoretical reception provide conclusions for legal professionals and doctors in a continuously evolving process.