Loseviča, MarinaBundža, OskarsKudeikina, IngaLatvijas Universitāte, Medicīnas fakultāte, LatvijaSIA “Cēsu klīnika”, Garīgās veselības centrs, LatvijaRīgas Stradiņa universitāte, Juridiskā fakultāte, Latvija2021-09-092021-09-092021Loseviča, M., Bundža, O., Kudeikina, I. (2021). Piespiedu ārstēšana kā valsts pārvaldes uzdevums jeb kas ir kopīgs tifozajai Mērijai un Trakajam Ludvigam (Eng. Compulsory Treatment as Task of Public Governance or What Thyphoid Mary and Mad King Ludwig Had in Common: Abstract). Socrates. 2(20). 212–231. https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.212-2312256-0548212–231https://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/6280The article concerns involuntary treatment of infectious and mental diseases. Development of the legal regulation since the 19th century has been described here. Quality of the existing legal regulation has also been evaluated. Issues of involuntary psychiatric treatment have been analysed and demonstrated by the international case-law and state court practice. Significant differences between legislation in mental and infectious diseases has been detected, as well as differences have been traced between legal standards in the area of involuntary placement and involuntary treatment of mental disorders in Latvia and other countries. It has been concluded that involuntary psychiatric treatment, in line with epidemiological safety, is a task of public governance in the area of domestic security and safeguarding of human rights and it has to be reinforced by governmental authority. Thus, proposal of elaboration of the corresponding law has been made.Electroniclv-LVinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Socrates 2021, 2 (20)compulsory measure of medical naturehuman rightsinfectious diseasesinvoluntary treatmentmental diseasesstate coercive powerinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.212-231