Comparative Legal Frameworks for Pre-Implantation Embryonic Genetic Interventions

• Main Author: Lau, Pin Lean (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; Human rights.; Biomedical engineering.; Bioethics.; Reproductive medicine.; Human genetics.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .; Human Rights.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.; Reproductive Medicine.; Human Genetics.

This book discusses the possibilities for the use of international human rights law (and specifically, international biomedical laws related to the protection of human rights and the human genome) to provide a guiding framework for the future regulation of genetic modifications applied to human embr...

Table of Contents:

• FM
• Introduction
• The Legacy of Eugenics in Contemporary Law
• The Legal and ethical debates in Embryo Selection
• The Regulatory Framework in Biomedical Technologies
• International Biomedical Laws in the Field of Genetic Interventions
• The Dynamics of Basic Constitutional Rights in Selected Jurisdictions
• Conclusion
• References. .