Legal philosophy and the challenges of biosciences / edited by Jerzy Stelmach, Marta Soniewicka, Wojciech Zauski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stelmach, Jerzy.

Soniewicka, Marta.

Zauski, Wojciech.

Series:

Studies in the philosophy of law ; 4.

Studies in the philosophy of law ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioethics--Law and legislation.

Bioethics.

Biotechnology--Law and legislation.

Biotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Krakow : Jagiellonian University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present book is the fourth volume of the series Studies in the Philosophy of Law which has appeared since 2001. The previous two volumes had a monographic character, the last one being devoted to the topic of the economic analysis of law and published in English. The present volume also has a monographic character and concerns various issues of bioethics, law and philosophy.

Contents:

Six causes of the dispute over legal bioethics / Jerzy Stelmach

Bioethics and legal philosophy / Carl Faralli

The outline of the subject of biojurisprudence / Roman Tokarczyk

Law and biotechnology / Maciej Dybowski

The ethical significance of evolution / Andrezej Elżanowki

Human nature after Darwin / Wojciech Załuski

The notion of the person in bioethical debates / Bartosz Brożek

The roots of normativity : from neuroscience to legal theory / Tomaxz Pietrzykowski

Why no one should ever win the Nobel prize : neurolaw, reward and punishment / Burton Leiser

Is there anybody who really wants to live forever? : the significance of mortality / Marta Soniewicka

The slippery slope arguments against the legalization of physician-assisted suicide / Michał Araszkiewicz

Ethical problems of hematopoietic stem cells transplantation / Agnieszka Giza, Wojciech Załuski.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

83-233-8265-4

OCLC:

793996971