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35 produkter
Regulation of Medical Products
Dope, Drugs and Devices
Häftad, 2026
647 kr
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This book develops a theoretical framework for examining and assessing the regulatory arrangements for medical products.Since the first half of the 20th century, the regulation of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and, more recently, biologicals have been controlled in many jurisdictions by specific …
Gene Editing, Law, and the Environment
Life Beyond the Human
Häftad, 2019
750 kr
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Technologies like CRISPR and gene drives are ushering in a new era of genetic engineering, wherein the technical means to modify DNA are cheaper, faster, more accurate, more widely accessible, and with more far-reaching effects than ever before. These cutting-edge technologies raise legal, ethical, …
Socio-Legal Study of Hacking
Breaking and Remaking Law and Technology
Häftad, 2019
690 kr
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The relationship between hacking and the law has always been complex and conflict-ridden. This book examines the relations and interactions between hacking and the law with a view to understanding how hackers influence and are influenced by technology laws and policies. In our increasingly digital …
Zoo Veterinarians
Governing Care on a Diseased Planet
Inbunden, 2020
994 kr
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Despite their centrality to the operation of contemporary accredited zoo and aquarium institutions, the work of zoo veterinarians has rarely been the focus of a critical analysis in the social science and humanities. Drawing on in-depth interviews and observations of zoo and aquarium veterinarians, …
Zoo Veterinarians
Governing Care on a Diseased Planet
Häftad, 2022
426 kr
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Despite their centrality to the operation of contemporary accredited zoo and aquarium institutions, the work of zoo veterinarians has rarely been the focus of a critical analysis in the social science and humanities. Drawing on in-depth interviews and observations of zoo and aquarium veterinarians, …
Law, Technology and Dispute Resolution
The Privatisation of Coercion
Av Riikka Koulu
Häftad, 2020
634 kr
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The use of new information and communication technologies both inside the courts and in private online dispute resolution services is quickly changing everyday conflict management. However, the implications of the increasingly disruptive role of technology in dispute resolution remain largely …
Use of Biodiversity in International Law
A Genealogy of Genetic Gold
Häftad, 2023
594 kr
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This book presents a legal genealogy of biodiversity – of its strategic use before and after the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1993.This history of ‘genetic gold’ details how, with the aid of international law, the idea of biodiversity has been instrumentalized towards …
Lie Detection and the Law
Torture, Technology and Truth
Häftad, 2019
661 kr
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This book develops a sociological account of lie detection practices and uses this to think about lying more generally. Bringing together insights from sociology, social history, socio-legal studies and science and technology studies (STS), it explores how torture and technology have been used to …
Complexity Theory and Law
Mapping an Emergent Jurisprudence
Av Jamie Murray, Thomas Webb m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
661 kr
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This collection of essays explores the different ways the insights from complexity theory can be applied to law. Complexity theory – a variant of systems theory – views law as an emergent, complex, self-organising system comprised of an interactive network of actors and systems that operate with no …
Regulation of Animal Health and Welfare
Science, Law and Policy
Av John McEldowney, Wyn Grant m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2311 kr
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The Regulation of Animal Health and Welfare draws on the research of scientists, lawyers, economists and political scientists to address the current and future regulatory problems posed by the issues of animal health and disease. Recent events such as the outbreak of mad cow disease, epidemics of …
Uncertain Risks Regulated
Av Ellen Vos, Michelle Everson
Häftad, 2012
661 kr
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Uncertain Risks Regulated compares various models of risk regulation in order to understand how these systems shape the relationship between law and science, and how they attempt to overcome public distrust in science-based decision-making. The book contributes to the ongoing debate relating to …
Absent Environments
Theorising Environmental Law and the City
Av Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos
Häftad, 2009
460 kr
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Offering a novel, transdisciplinary approach to environmental law, its principles, mechanics and context, as tested in its application to the urban environment, this book traces the conceptual and material absence of communication between the human and the natural and controversially includes such …
Knowledge, Technology and Law
Av Emilie Cloatre, Martyn Pickersgill
Inbunden, 2014
2517 kr
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The relationships between knowledge, technologies, and legal processes are central to the constitution of contemporary societies. As such, they have come to provide the focus for a range of academic projects, across interdisciplinary legal studies and the social sciences. The domains of medical law …
Complexity Theory and Law
Mapping an Emergent Jurisprudence
Av Jamie Murray, Thomas Webb m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2303 kr
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This collection of essays explores the different ways the insights from complexity theory can be applied to law. Complexity theory – a variant of systems theory – views law as an emergent, complex, self-organising system comprised of an interactive network of actors and systems that operate with no …
Regulation of Animal Health and Welfare
Science, Law and Policy
Av John McEldowney, Wyn Grant m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
688 kr
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The Regulation of Animal Health and Welfare draws on the research of scientists, lawyers, economists and political scientists to address the current and future regulatory problems posed by the issues of animal health and disease. Recent events such as the outbreak of mad cow disease, concerns about …
Law, Technology and Society
Reimagining the Regulatory Environment
Inbunden, 2019
2303 kr
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This book considers the implications of the regulatory burden being borne increasingly by technological management rather than by rules of law. If crime is controlled, if human health and safety are secured, if the environment is protected, not by rules but by measures of technological …
Law, Technology and Society
Reimagining the Regulatory Environment
Häftad, 2019
626 kr
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This book considers the implications of the regulatory burden being borne increasingly by technological management rather than by rules of law. If crime is controlled, if human health and safety are secured, if the environment is protected, not by rules but by measures of technological …
Biometrics, Crime and Security
Av Marcus Smith, Monique Mann m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
594 kr
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This book addresses the use of biometrics – including fingerprint identification, DNA identification and facial recognition – in the criminal justice system: balancing the need to ensure society is protected from harms, such as crime and terrorism, while also preserving individual rights. It offers …
Law, Ecology, and the Management of Complex Systems
The Case of Water Governance
Inbunden, 2022
2303 kr
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This book addresses the role of law in the adaptive management of socio-ecological systems.Recent years have witnessed a rise in discussion over the relation between adaptivity and law, as if after decades of insouciance, legal scholars have finally started to understand the impacts of the …
Law, Ecology, and the Management of Complex Systems
The Case of Water Governance
Häftad, 2024
594 kr
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This book addresses the role of law in the adaptive management of socio-ecological systems.Recent years have witnessed a rise in discussion over the relation between adaptivity and law, as if after decades of insouciance, legal scholars have finally started to understand the impacts of the …
Regulation of Medical Products
Dope, Drugs and Devices
Inbunden, 2024
2303 kr
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This book develops a theoretical framework for examining and assessing the regulatory arrangements for medical products.Since the first half of the 20th century, the regulation of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and, more recently, biologicals have been controlled in many jurisdictions by specific …
Law and the Regulation of Scientific Research
Trusting Experts
Av Mark Davies
Häftad, 2024
594 kr
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Scientific research is fundamental to addressing issues of great importance to the development of human knowledge. Scientific research fuels advances in medicine, technology and other areas important to society and has to be credible, trustworthy and able to command confidence in the face of …
Legal Regulation of Academic Freedom
The Case of Biomedicine
Inbunden, 2025
2303 kr
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This book compares and examines the ways in which law addresses and resolves conflicts between academic freedom and responsibility. Academic freedom is an important value in the modern scientific and technologically driven world. Societies depend heavily on the commodities of scientific progress, …
Gene Editing, Law, and the Environment
Life Beyond the Human
Inbunden, 2017
2504 kr
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Technologies like CRISPR and gene drives are ushering in a new era of genetic engineering, wherein the technical means to modify DNA are cheaper, faster, more accurate, more widely accessible, and with more far-reaching effects than ever before. These cutting-edge technologies raise legal, ethical, …
Law and the Management of Disasters
The Challenge of Resilience
Av Alexia Herwig, Marta Simoncini
Inbunden, 2016
2303 kr
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Disasters raise serious challenges for contemporary legal orders: they demand significant management, but usually amidst massive disruption to the normal functioning of state authority and society. When dealing with disasters, law has traditionally focused on contingency planning and recovery. More …
Law and the Regulation of Scientific Research
Trusting Experts
Av Mark Davies
Inbunden, 2022
2303 kr
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Scientific research is fundamental to addressing issues of great importance to the development of human knowledge. Scientific research fuels advances in medicine, technology and other areas important to society and has to be credible, trustworthy and able to command confidence in the face of …
Law, Technology and Dispute Resolution
The Privatisation of Coercion
Av Riikka Koulu
Inbunden, 2018
2303 kr
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The use of new information and communication technologies both inside the courts and in private online dispute resolution services is quickly changing everyday conflict management. However, the implications of the increasingly disruptive role of technology in dispute resolution remain largely …
Socio-Legal Study of Hacking
Breaking and Remaking Law and Technology
Inbunden, 2017
2303 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The relationship between hacking and the law has always been complex and conflict-ridden. This book examines the relations and interactions between hacking and the law with a view to understanding how hackers influence and are influenced by technology laws and policies. In our increasingly digital …
Law and the Management of Disasters
The Challenge of Resilience
Av Alexia Herwig, Marta Simoncini
Häftad, 2018
688 kr
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Disasters raise serious challenges for contemporary legal orders: they demand significant management, but usually amidst massive disruption to the normal functioning of state authority and society. When dealing with disasters, law has traditionally focused on contingency planning and recovery. More …
Knowledge, Technology and Law
Av Emilie Cloatre, Martyn Pickersgill
Häftad, 2016
781 kr
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The relationships between knowledge, technologies, and legal processes are central to the constitution of contemporary societies. As such, they have come to provide the focus for a range of academic projects, across interdisciplinary legal studies and the social sciences. The domains of medical law …
