Human Genetics and the Law
Subtitle: Regulating a Revolution
Contributors: Roger Brownsword (Editor); W. R. Cornish (Editor); Margaret Llewelyn (Editor)
Publisher: Hart Publishing (UK); Hart
Published: December 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781841130064
Subjects: Genetics (non-medical); Law as it applies to other professions; Medicolegal issues; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Ethics & Professional Responsibility; Law; Medical Law & Legislation; Ethics; Science & Technology; General
Description: "As developments in human genetics proceed apace,the regulation of genetic research and its applications is set to represent one of the major legal challenges of the next century. At every turn - in the fields of medicine and commerce, in insurance and employment, in the family and even in the criminal justice system - advances in human genetics threaten to transform our understanding of ourselves and the basis upon which we relate to one another. This special issue of the Modern Law Review addresses a range of key issues - conceptual, ethical, political and practical - arising from the regulatory challenge confronting the law in the face of the genetic revolution."--Bloomsbury Publishing.