The Public Nature of Science under Assault Politics, Markets, Science and the Law /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Nowotny, ,Helga (Συγγραφέας), Pestre, Dominique (Συγγραφέας), Schmidt-Aßmann, Eberhard (Συγγραφέας), Schulze-Fielitz, Helmuth (Συγγραφέας), Trute, Hans-Heinrich (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Θέματα: Law.; History.; Law > Philosophy.; Fundamentals of Law.; History of Science.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: VIII, 148 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540288862

Science has development from a self-evident public good to being highly valued in other contexts for different reasons: strengthening the economic competitiveness and, especially in high-tech fields, as a financial investment for future gains. This has been accompanied by a shift from public to private funding with intellectual property rights gaining importance. But in contemporary democracies citizens have also begun to voice their concerns about science and technology related risks, demanding greater participation in decision-making and in the setting of research priorities. The book examines the legal issues and responses vis-à-vis these transformations of the nature of public science. It discusses their normative content as well as the inherent limitations of the law in meeting these challenges.