The Regulatory Challenge of Biotechnology: Human Genetics, Food and PatentsHan Somsen Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007 M01 1 - 290 pages . . . a compilation of 12 invaluable contributions on this issue by internationally known experts in their respective fields. . . a valuable resource for academic professionals, policy makers and legislators, advocacy groups and scholars in legal and deve |
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... Practice, Martinus Nijhoff. Neil Gunningham is an interdisciplinary social scientist who specializes in environmental policy and regulatory design. He currently holds Professorial Research appointments in the Regulatory Institutions ...
... Practice, Martinus Nijhoff. Neil Gunningham is an interdisciplinary social scientist who specializes in environmental policy and regulatory design. He currently holds Professorial Research appointments in the Regulatory Institutions ...
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... practice is sufficiently relevant for biotechnology to warrant such an exercise of trans- position to new ... practices. Why should we approach the issue of xii Foreword.
... practice is sufficiently relevant for biotechnology to warrant such an exercise of trans- position to new ... practices. Why should we approach the issue of xii Foreword.
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Human Genetics, Food and Patents Han Somsen. routinely used practices. Why should we approach the issue of genetic testing fundamentally differently from, say, HIV testing? Should food safety law targeting genetically modified foods be ...
Human Genetics, Food and Patents Han Somsen. routinely used practices. Why should we approach the issue of genetic testing fundamentally differently from, say, HIV testing? Should food safety law targeting genetically modified foods be ...
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... practice. Second phase ex post regulation comes into play when such ambitions have been abandoned and, for example, the issue of compensation arises. The need for third phase regu- lation arises if second phase regulation is not ...
... practice. Second phase ex post regulation comes into play when such ambitions have been abandoned and, for example, the issue of compensation arises. The need for third phase regu- lation arises if second phase regulation is not ...
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... practice , and has triggered institutional strife . Street cata- logues the importance of institutional competition in the context of the dis- cussions about the relationship between the Sanitary and Phytosanitary ( SPS ) Measures ...
... practice , and has triggered institutional strife . Street cata- logues the importance of institutional competition in the context of the dis- cussions about the relationship between the Sanitary and Phytosanitary ( SPS ) Measures ...
Contents
lessons from environmental policy | 3 |
2 Rethinking regulatory governance for the age of biotechnology | 19 |
PART II Regulating human genetics | 37 |
GMOs biosafety and environmental decisionmaking | 95 |
the two faces of the precautionary principle | 118 |
three levels three issues | 139 |
issues of EC law | 156 |
plant genetic resources and agricultural trade reform | 174 |
PART IV Regulating biotechnology through the patent system | 201 |
10 Should we regulate biotechnology through the patent system? The case of terminator technology | 203 |
exploring the interface between regulation and innovation regimes | 214 |
measures to restore trust in the patent system | 238 |
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