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"Contents" [2007] ELECD 109; in Somsen, Han (ed), "The Regulatory Challenge of Biotechnology" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007)

Book Title: The Regulatory Challenge of Biotechnology

Editor(s): Somsen, Han

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781845424893

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents
List of contributors vii
Foreword xii
Acknowledgements xxi
List of abbreviations xxii

PART I GENERAL PERSPECTIVES ON BIOTECHNOLOGY
REGULATION

1. Regulating biotechnology: lessons from environmental
policy 3
Neil Gunningham
2. Rethinking regulatory governance for the age of
biotechnology 19
Colin Scott

PART II REGULATING HUMAN GENETICS

3 Red lights and rogues: regulating human genetics 39
Roger Brownsword
4. An abstract approach to the regulation of human genetics: law,
morality and social policy 63
Justine Burley

PART III GMOs AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY:
REGULATING RISK

5. Constructing risks: GMOs, biosafety and environmental
decision-making 95
Paul Street
6. Legal framework and political strategy in dealing with the
risks of new technology: the two faces of the precautionary
principle 118
Wolfgang van den Daele
7. Regulating GM food: three levels, three issues 139
Bernd van der Meulen

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8. Restrictions on the cultivation of genetically modified
organisms: issues of EC law 156
Sara Poli
9. A tale of two commons: plant genetic resources and
agricultural trade reform 174
Mary E. Footer

PART IV REGULATING BIOTECHNOLOGY THROUGH
THE PATENT SYSTEM

10. Should we regulate biotechnology through the patent
system? The case of terminator technology 203
Graham Dutfield
11. Patents, patients and consent: exploring the interface
between regulation and innovation regimes 214
Graeme Laurie
12. Reshaping bio-patents: measures to restore trust in the
patent system 238
Geertrui Van Overwalle

Index 257