Legal philosophy and the challenges of biosciences /

The present book is the fourth volume of the series Studies in the Philosophy of Law which has appeared since 2001. The previous two volumes had a monographic character, the last one being devoted to the topic of the economic analysis of law and published in English. The present volume also has a mo...

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Other Authors: Stelmach, Jerzy (Editor), Soniewicka, Marta (Editor), Załuski, Wojciech (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Krakow : Jagiellonian University Press, 2010.
Series:Studies in the philosophy of law ; 4.
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Table of Contents:
  • Six causes of the dispute over legal bioethics / Jerzy Stelmach
  • Bioethics and legal philosophy / Carl Faralli
  • The outline of the subject of biojurisprudence / Roman Tokarczyk
  • Law and biotechnology / Maciej Dybowski
  • The ethical significance of evolution / Andrezej Elżanowki
  • Human nature after Darwin / Wojciech Załuski
  • The notion of the person in bioethical debates / Bartosz Brożek
  • The roots of normativity : from neuroscience to legal theory / Tomaxz Pietrzykowski
  • Why no one should ever win the Nobel prize : neurolaw, reward and punishment / Burton Leiser
  • Is there anybody who really wants to live forever? : the significance of mortality / Marta Soniewicka
  • The slippery slope arguments against the legalization of physician-assisted suicide / Michał Araszkiewicz
  • Ethical problems of hematopoietic stem cells transplantation / Agnieszka Giza, Wojciech Załuski.