Innovation and liability in biotechnology : transnational and comparative perspectives

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smyth, Stuart, Contributor.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural biotechnology--Law and legislation.

Agricultural biotechnology.

Products liability--Food.

Products liability.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 206 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Innovation and Liability in Biotechnology introduces and articulates an innovative framework, the Liability Analysis Framework (LAF), which offers a new perspective from which stakeholders and society can assess, manage and communicate about liability in relation to innovation. This path-breaking book provides a detailed description of the relationship between risk and liability. Risk and liability are not synonymous and the fact that, at times, the terms have been used in very close proximity has resulted in confusion and misunderstandings.

Contents:

Transitioning from the risk analysis framework to a liability analysis framework

Liability regimes in North America

European liability regimes

International economic liability regimes

Patent policy's interface with regulation and liability

Coexistence strategies and industrial stewardship

Non-adopter liabilities within the agri-food industry

Improving consumer confidence

Regulatory strategies for innovative technologies and liability for plant molecular farming

Synopsis and important issues.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-201) and index.

ISBN:

1-78100-068-9