The international law of biotechnology : human rights, trade, patents, health and the environment /: human rights, trade, patents, health and the environment. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Matthias Herdegen.
• Authors: Herdegen, Matthias
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume)
• Subjects: 343.0786606; Biotechnology -- Law and legislation; Biotechnology -- Law and legislation; LAW / Intellectual Property / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786435965; 1786435969
• Related ISBNs: 9781786435958; 1786435950
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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