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The International Law of Biotechnology: Human Rights, Trade, Patents, Health and the Environment 2nd Edition

The International Law of Biotechnology: Human Rights, Trade, Patents, Health and the Environment 2nd Edition

Author: Matthias Herdegen
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035302048

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781786435958
Published In: April 2023
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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In this thoroughly updated second edition, Matthias Herdegen provides a comprehensive and contemporary assessment of the regulation of biotechnology processes and products from an international and comparative perspective, complete with analysis of intricate legal and ethical debates.

Considering recent advances in biotechnology, this new edition explores how regulatory approaches to controversial issues such as stem cell research, cloning and gene therapy differ across jurisdictions due to conflicting values and risk perceptions. Reflecting on current developments, the book explores the interaction between biotechnology and different fields of law, including: human rights, intellectual property, trade law and environmental law. In doing so, Herdegen investigates complex concerns such as balancing commercial interests with socio-cultural considerations and ensuring respect for human dignity in the pursuit of biomedical research. Furthermore this new edition includes examination of recent developments in areas such as genome editing, biomedicine, COVID-19 vaccines, and patents on essentially biological products, with an entirely revised section on biobanks.

Providing a concise and accessible guide to a complex field of international law, this book will be of great value to those researching the law and regulation of biotechnology, biomedicine and biodiversity both within the EU and at an international level. Practicing lawyers will also benefit from a diverse array of sources from a range of legal systems.

Preface

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 international protection of the environment

7. Combating biopiracy: access to genetic resources

8. Phantom risks and legitimate concerns: biotechnology and international trade law

9. Inventors’ claims to life: intellectual property rights and biotechnological inventions

10. Conclusion: legal values, individual rights and democratic choices in a pluralist world

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