Biotechnology regulation and GMOs : law, technology and public contestations in Europe / Naveen Thayyil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thayyil, Naveen, author.

Series:

Biotechnology regulation series.

Biotechnology Regulation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transgenic organisms--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Transgenic organisms.

Biotechnology--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Biotechnology.

Biotechnology industries--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Biotechnology industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the EU regulatory framework in the Genetic Modification of agriculture and food to see how adequately EU law treats serious contestations about the development and use of GMOs. Since linkages between law, technology and public contestations could have a crucial dimension in the shaping of democratic societies, the space EU law provides for publics outside of the scientific experts to shape the regulation of GMOs becomes significant. By examining the employment of the precautionary principle and (the advices from) public bioethics committees in GMO regulation, this book exami

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Series preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of legislation; 1. Introduction; 2. The EU legal framework for GMO regulation; 3. Risk, science and society; 4. Precaution, public participation and technocratic responses; 5. Participation in safety and public morals regulation: ambit in global rules; 6. Public contestations and pursuit of public values; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78347-388-6