The international law of biotechnology : human rights, trade, patents, health and the environment /
Biotechnology is a field that inspires complex legal and ethical debates on an international scale. Taking a fresh approach to the subject, Matthias Herdegen provides a comprehensive assessment of the regulation of biotechnology processes and products from an international and comparative perspectiv...
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| Typ dokumentu: | Kniha |
| Jazyk: | Angličtina |
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Cheltenham :
Edward Elgar Publishing,
2018
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| Edice: | Principles of international law
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| On-line přístup: | Elektronická verze přístupná pouze pro studenty a pracovníky MU |
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International law of biotechnology : human rights, trade, patents, health and the environment |
Obsah:
- 1. Introduction: regulation of biotechnology, between anxieties and trust in scientific progress
- 2. Law and ethics: an intriguing interplay
- 3. Risks, perceptions and the law: regulatory approaches to risk
- 4. The biotech challenge to human dignity, life and freedom of choice: human rights
- 5. From test tube babies to human clones: salient issues in the international law of biomedicine
- 6. GMOs, crops and precaution: biotechnology and the international protection of the environment
- 7. Combating biopiracy: access to genetic resources
- 8. Phantom risks and legitimate concerns: biotechnology and international trade law
- 9. Inventor's claims to life: intellectual property rights and biotechnological inventions
- 10. Conclusion: legal values, individual rights and democratic choices in a pluralist world
- Index.