Biolaw and Policy in the Twenty-First Century

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Foundations of Biolaw

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Defense of Universal Principles in Biomedical Ethics

      • Tom L. Beauchamp

      Pages 3-17

   3. The Idea of European Biolaw: Basic Principles

      • Peter Kemp

      Pages 19-32

   4. Four Ethical Principles in European Bioethics and Biolaw: Autonomy, Dignity, Integrity and Vulnerability

      • Jacob Dahl Rendtorff, Peter Kemp

      Pages 33-40

   5. Towards a New Conception of Biolaw

      • Erick Valdés

      Pages 41-58

   6. Approach to Biolaw as an Autonomous Juridical Discipline

      • Carlos María Romeo Casabona, Sergio Romeo Malanda

      Pages 59-76

   7. The Essential Features of 21st Century Biolaw

      • Carlo Casonato

      Pages 77-91

   8. Biolaw and Bioethics: Convergences and Divergences

      • Juan Alberto Lecaros

      Pages 93-118

3. Biolaw in the World and in Latin America

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. Universal Ethics and Biolaw for a Multicultural World

      • Darryl Macer

      Pages 121-136

   3. From Biolaw to Technological Innovation in Law

      • Amedeo Santosuosso

      Pages 137-165

   4. Liquid Biolaw: The Unbearable Lightness of the Post-Modern Age

      • Camilo Noguera Pardo

      Pages 167-177

   5. Biolaw and Tensions of Constitutional Law in Latin America

      • Eduardo A. Rueda

      Pages 179-183

   6. Justice, Human Rights and the Persistence of Hunger: A Current Issue for Bioethics and Biolaw in the 21st Century

      • Gabriela Arguedas-Ramírez

      Pages 185-201

   7. Biolaw, Diversity and Social Justice: The Emergence of Differentiated Rights

      • Arístides Obando

      Pages 203-211

   8. The Constitutionalization of Biolaw in Colombia

      • Rodrigo González, David García, Juan Sebastián Barrera, Andrés Sarmiento

      Pages 213-223

   9. Report on Biolaw’s State of the Art in Mexico

      • Ingrid Brena

      Pages 225-236

4. Biolaw for the Biosciences, Health Care and Non-human Animals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237

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   2. Biolaw and ‘the Dual-Use Dilemma’: The Freedom of Scientific Research in Relationship with ‘Traditional’ and Emerging Sciences and Technologies

      • Ilaria Anna Colussi

      Pages 239-255

This book offers an impressive collection of contributions on the epistemology of international biolaw and its applications, both in the legal and ethical fields. Bringing together works by some of the world’s most prominent experts on biolaw and bioethics, it constitutes a paradigmatic text in its field. In addition to exploring various ideologies and philosophies, including European, American and Mediterranean biolaw traditions, it addresses controversial topics straight from today’s headlines, such as genetic editing, the dual-use dilemma, and neurocognitive enhancement. The book encourages readers to think objectively and impartially in order to resolve the ethical and juridical dilemmas that stem from biotechnological empowerment and biomedical techniques. Accordingly, it offers a valuable resource for courses on biolaw, law, bioethics, and biomedical research, as well as courses that discuss law and the biosciences at different professional levels, e.g. in the courts, biomedicalindustry, pharmacological companies and the public space in general. 

• Biolaw
• Biomedical Ethics
• European Biolaw
• Ethical Principles in European Bioethics
• The Conception of Biolaw
• Biolaw and Ethnic Minorities
• Biolaw and Non-human Animals
• The Human Genome
• Palliative Care as a Human Right
• Genetic Manipulation
• bioethics and biolaw
• human autonomy

• International Network of Biolaw, Washington, USA

  Erick Valdés

• Center for Bioethics, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile

  Juan Alberto Lecaros

ERICK VALDES
  
is a jurist and philosopher. He holds a PhD in Philosophy and Postdocs in Bioethics and Philosophy from Georgetown University, USA, as well as a Postdoc in Law from the Washington College of Law, USA. He is a former Adjunct Research Professor of Bioethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, and is currently a Visiting Research Professor at the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, USA. He is a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK, American University of Sovereign Nations, USA, University for the Humanities of Moscow, Russia, University of La Coruña, Spain, and University of Princeton, USA, among others. He is a Founding Member and President of the International Network of Biolaw (www.internationalnetworkbiolaw.org), Vice-President of the Ibero-American Association of Practical Philosophy, and a member of the Colombian Institute of Bioethical Studies. He is the author of several books and papers on bioethics and biolaw, both in English and Spanish.   


JUAN ALBERTO LECAROS 
 
holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, and a Master in Bioethics from the Borja Institute of Bioethics, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain. He is Director of the Center for Bioethics and the Observatory of Bioethics and Law at the Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago de Chile. Further, he is an Adjunct Professor at the Borja Institute of Bioethics, Ramon Llull University and a founding member of the International Network of Biolaw. He was awarded the Manuel Velasco Suárez Award for Excellence in Bioethics, granted by the Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, in 2012.

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