Law and Human Genetics Regulating a Revolution |
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| Author:
| Brownsword, Roger
Cornish, William
Llewellyn, Margaret |
| Editor:
| Herring, Jonathan
Brooks-Gordon, Belinda
Johnson, Martin
Richards, Martin
Ebtehaj, Fatemeh |
| ISBN: | 978-1-281-04179-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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| Imprint: | Hart Publishing |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $159.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionAs 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.