Damage Caused by Genetically Modified Organisms

Comparative Survey of Redress Options for Harm to Persons, Property or the Environment
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-89949-811-0
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 27, 954 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1584 g

Reihe: Tort and Insurance Law

The debate about the use of genetically modified organisms in European agriculture is fuelled by the fear of the general public about potential risks of GM farming, whether substantiated or not. Transgenic food is suspected to cause bodily harm, have a negative impact upon the health of animals, weaken the productivity of conventional farmland, reduce biodiversity or otherwise deteriorate the environment, to name but a few dangers popping up in the public debate.

Apart from setting standards for GM farming and requiring safety checks for transgenic products, all jurisdictions also provide for the case that such risks should materialize. These are not necessarily novel approaches - classic tort law already offers remedies for such losses. Sometimes these traditional solutions are enhanced or replaced by alternative redress schemes. This volume compares twenty European and four non-European jurisdictions in this respect and provides special analyses from an economic and insurance perspective as well as surveys of cross-border dispute resolution and international law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koch, Bernhard A.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht Biotechnologie- und Biomedizinrecht, Gentechnikrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Schuldrecht Schadensersatz, Schmerzensgeld
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Bernhard A. Koch, Universität Innsbruck.

Bernhard A. Koch, Universität Innsbruck.