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While most authors frame problems at the intersection of law and science in terms of how rapidly scientific information changes and how frequently the legal system distorts science, this book argues that problems at the intersection of law and science flow not from the changing nature of science, but from the changing nature of law. With this in mind, the book uses examples from doctrines related to abortion, gene patenting, copyright, environmental regulation, antitrust law, the insanity defense, and other doctrines to explore the nature of law and to suggest approaches for making science work more effectively within the domain of law.…mehr

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While most authors frame problems at the intersection of law and science in terms of how rapidly scientific information changes and how frequently the legal system distorts science, this book argues that problems at the intersection of law and science flow not from the changing nature of science, but from the changing nature of law. With this in mind, the book uses examples from doctrines related to abortion, gene patenting, copyright, environmental regulation, antitrust law, the insanity defense, and other doctrines to explore the nature of law and to suggest approaches for making science work more effectively within the domain of law.
Autorenporträt
Robin Feldman is Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law and specializes in the area of law and bioscience. She is the Director of Hastings' Law and Bioscience Project (L.A.B.) which has been designed to provide a forum of exchange for bioscience companies, law/venture capital firms, and academia in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her courses include Survey of Intellectual Property; IP Issues in Biotechnology; and Property.