The Emergence of Biolaw

The European Experience and the Evolutionary Approach

Takis Vidalis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XVII, 313 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-02358-3 (ISBN)

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This book introduces "biolaw" as an integrated and distinct field in contemporary legal studies. Corresponding to the legal dimension of bioethics, the term "biolaw" is already in use in academic and research activities to denote legal issues emerging mostly from advanced technological applications. This book is a genuine attempt to rationalize the field of biolaw after almost four decades of continuous production of relevant legislation and judgments worldwide. This experience is a robust basis for defending a) a separate legal object, covering the total of legal norms that govern the management of life as a natural phenomenon in all its possible forms, and b) an "evolutionary" approach that opens the discussion on a future conciliation of legal regulation with the Theory of Evolution on the ground of biolaw.

Takis Vidalis (1963) received his PhD from the Law School at the University of Athens. In 2001, he was elected a senior researcher and legal advisor to the Hellenic National Bioethics Commission. Author of 5 books and numerous papers on biolaw, bioethics, medical ethics and law, human rights, philosophy of law, AI ethics and law, and environmental law, he presented original research in more than 100 international and national conferences and workshops. Takis is the founder of the BioMedLex service (www.biomedlex.gr), specializing in the law of biomedical research and red biotechnology. Currently, he teaches law and ethics in advanced technologies at the International Hellenic University, the Law School at the University of Athens, the Medical School at the University of Thrace, and the Open University of Cyprus. President of the Research Ethics Committee of the leading research Institute in Greece “Democritus,” Takis is now a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE).

A General Introduction.- Part I: Persons.- Introduction - The Concept of Biological Autonomy.- Pathology.- Research.- Death.- Data.- Reproduction.- Enhancement.- Self-ownership.- Part II: From Biodiversity To Intelligent Machines.- Introduction: Biodiversity as a Legal Value.- The Conservation of Species.- The Creation of Species.- Life as commodity.- Concluding Remarks.- Future Challenges for Biolaw.- "Animal rights".- Biolaw beyond Biology: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Robots.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.06.2022
Reihe/Serie	Springer Textbooks in Law
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 313 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	664 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	Bioethics • Biolaw • Biotechnology Law • Genetic Engineering • Genetics law • GM law • medical liability • Oviedo convention
ISBN-10	3-031-02358-7 / 3031023587
ISBN-13	978-3-031-02358-3 / 9783031023583
Zustand	Neuware