The role of values in scientific research has become an important topic of discussion in both
scholarly and popular debates. Pundits across the political spectrum worry that research on …

An examination of how advocates for alternative agriculture confront “science-based”
regulation of genetically engineered crops. Genetic engineering has a wide range of …

" Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the critical role that
local knowledge plays in public policy processes as well as its role in the co-production of …

This essay introduces a collection of articles gathered under the theme of “law, science, and
constitutions of life.” Together, they explore how revolutions in notions of what biological life …

Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the suitability of moral and ordre public
clauses, and to advance the view that ethical reflection within patent systems is valuable …

Open science can significantly influence the development and translational process of
precision medicine in Canada. Precision medicine presents a unique opportunity to improve …

Public policy is always closely connected with the articulation of a distribution and re-
distribution. Wisest form of policy that can accommodate all people without exception …

Civil society participants have voiced concerns that the environmental problems that were
the subject of multilateral environmental agreements negotiated during the 1992 Rio …

Genome Finland tells a story of genomic medicine in Finland from the study of rare Finnish
diseases in the 1960s and 1970s to the implementation of personalized medicine in the …

The public controversy over genetically modified (GM) crops is predominantly framed in
terms of health and safety risks to humans and the environment. However, opponents of GM …