Gene Editing, Law, and the Environment: Life Beyond the Human (Law, Science and Society)

By: Irus Braverman

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Synopsis: 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, cultural, and ecological questions that are so broad and consequential for both human and other-than-human life that they can be difficult to grasp. What is clear, however, is that the power to directly alter not just a singular form of life but also the genetics of entire species and thus the composition of ecosystems is currently both inadequately regulated and undertheorized. In Gene Editing, Law, and the Environment, distinguished scholars from law, the life sciences, philosophy, environmental studies, science and technology studies, animal health, and religious studies examine what is at stake with these new biotechnologies for life and law, both human and beyond.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 200 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781351685887
Related ISBNs:: 9781138051126, 9780367138462, 9781315168418
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/01/23
Copyrighted By:: Irus Braverman
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Technology, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Irus Braverman