1. Legal Medicine in Europe — Quo vadis?

   • B. Brinkmann
   • R. Cecchi
   • A. Du Chesne

   Editorial Pages: 57 - 59

2. Histological and enzyme histochemical parameters for the age estimation of human skin wounds

   • P. Betz

   Review Article Pages: 60 - 68

3. Immunohistochemical investigation of hypoxiclischemic brain damage in forensic autopsy cases

   • O. Kitamura

   Original Article Pages: 69 - 76

4. The validation of short tandem repeat (STR) loci for use in forensic casework

   • J. E. Lygo
   • P. E. Johnson
   • T. M. Clayton

   Original Article Pages: 77 - 89

5. A semi-automated micro-method for the histological assessment of fat embolism

   • Anthony Busuttil
   • Jason J. Hanley

   Original Article Pages: 90 - 95

6. Iatrogenic fatal outcome of traumatic axillary aneurysm

   • K. -H. Schiwy-Bochat

   Case Report Pages: 96 - 98

7. Traumatic lesion of the extracranial vertebral artery a note-worthy potentially lethal injury

   • L. Pötsch
   • J. Bohl

   Case Report Pages: 99 - 107

8. Morphological detection of X- and Y-chromosomes in smears and paraffin-embedded tissues using a non-isotopic in situ hybridization technique (NISH)

   • P. Betz
   • J. Tübel
   • G. Baretton

   Technical Note Pages: 108 - 110