Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2007.
Item Type
Book
Description
296 pages.
ISBN
9781847204417 eBook 9781845424893 Print
Summary
Biotechnology has prompted a revolution in science and society in the truest sense of the word. For what superficially appears to be a revolution in biotechnology, in effect touches upon the fundamentals of life and the way in which humans relate to it. This book will make a significant contribution to the debate surrounding the effective regulation of biotechnology. The contributing authors assess how regulatory regimes can accommodate the many different and often conflicting issues to which biotechnology is giving rise to (including a very tainted public image). The book’s ultimate aim is to explore ways of designing a regulatory regime that takes heed of these different demands whilst, at the same time, answering to the imperatives of effectiveness and efficiency. The book synthesizes three fields of legal analysis; the first focuses on the risk-dominated regulation of GM food and bio-agriculture; the second involves human genetics as a field dominated by considerations of ethics. Finally, patent law has been chosen as an area captured by notions of property. With its holistic approach, The Regulatory Challenge of Biotechnology will be of great interest to academics, policymakers and regulators as well as biotechnology and law students.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword Part I: General Perspectives on Biotechnology Regulation 1. Regulating Biotechnology: Lessons from Environmental Policy 2. Rethinking Regulatory Governance for the Age of Biotechnology Part II: Regulating Human Genetics 3. Red Lights and Rogues: Regulating Human Genetics 4. An Abstract Approach to the Regulation of Human Genetics: Law, Morality and Social Policy Part III: GMOs and Agricultural Biotechnology: Regulating Risk 5. Constructing Risks: GMOs, Biosafety and Environmental Decision-Making 6. Legal Framework and Political Strategy in Dealing with the Risks of New Technology: The Two Faces of the Precautionary Principle 7. Regulating GM Food. Three Levels, Three Issues 8. Restrictions on the Cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms: Issues of EC Law 9. A Tale of Two Commons: Plant Genetic Resources and Agricultural Trade Reform Part IV: Regulating Biotechnology through the Patent System 10. Should we Regulate Biotechnology through the Patent System? TheCase of Terminator Technology 11. Patents, Patients and Consent: Exploring the Interface between Regulation and Innovation Regimes 12. Reshaping Bio-patents: Measures to Restore Trust in the Patent System Index