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The Regulatory Challenge of Biotechnology
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 40.00Biotechnology has prompted a revolution in science and society in the truest sense of the word. For what superficially appears to be a revolution in biotechnology, in effect touches upon the fundamentals of life and the way in which humans relate to it. This book will make a significant contribution to the debate surrounding the effective regulation... more...
Nanotechnology Regulation and Policy Worldwide
Artech House 2006; US$ 89.00The emerging commercial application of nanotechnoloy involves devices, processes, and materials that are manipulated at the atomic and molecular level. This first-of-its-kind resource identifies and describes the legal and policy initiatives aimed at encouraging or restricting nanotech research and applications. The book offers an up-to-date understanding... more...
Biotechnologies and International Human Rights
Hart Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 126.00This book follows and complements the previous volume Biotechnology and International Law (Hart 2006) bringing a specific focus on human rights. It is the result of a collaborative effort which brings together the contributions of a select group of experts from academia and from international organisations with the purpose of discussing the extent... more...
Nanotechnology
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 54.95Providing a broad overview of how a variety of different legal principles may advance or hinder efforts to commercialize nanotechnology, "Nanotechnology: Legal Aspects" discusses intellectual property rights in terms of acquiring rights to specific products and producing such products without infringing on the rights of others. It examines... more...
The Arms Trade and International Law
Hart Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 108.00There are believed to be about 700 million small arms and light weapons (SALW) in the world, often contributing to highly destabilising security and other concerns in international law. This book deals with the proliferation of SALW and their unregulated trade and transfer across borders. more...
The Intersection of International Law, Agricultural Biotechnology, and Infectious Disease
BRILL 2007; US$ 132.00Biotechnology has the potential to revolutionize genetics, agriculture, public health mechanisms, and environmental management and conservation. Agricultural applications provide the most practical uses of advances in biotechnology. more...
Biotechnology and the Challenge of Property
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2007; US$ 134.95In addressing the impact of modern biotechnology, and its legal accommodation on the customary conduct and traditional beliefs which shape the lives of different communities, Nwabueze's work provides an introduction to the legal regulation of the evolving uses of human tissues, and its implications for traditional knowledge, beliefs and cultures. more...
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