Contributions

  • Roger Brownsword (Editor) - Contributor
  • W. R. Cornish (Editor) - Contributor
  • Margaret Llewelyn (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

1998-12-01 - Hart

Language

English

Word Count

47,000 words, Guess

Page Count

188 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL8918055M
  • ISBN-139781841130064
  • ISBN-101841130060
  • OCLC Control Number192002006
  • Library of Congress Control Number00500740
and 1 more
  • Goodreads952269

Classifications

  • LCCKD3410.G45H86 1998
  • LCCKD3410.G45 H86 1998

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 regulat.

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Human Genetics and the Law: Regulating a RevolutionPaperbackHart1998-12-01

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