Biotechnology is a field that inspires complex legal and ethical debates on an international scale. Taking a fresh approach to the subject, Matthias Herdegen provides a comprehensive assessment of the regulation of biotechnology processes and products from an international and comparative perspective. Herdegen explores how regulatory approaches to controversial issues such as: stem cell research and cloning and gene therapy differ across jurisdictions due to conflicting values and risk perceptions. The book goes on to examine how international regulatory instruments aim to address these conflicting perspectives and provide judgments based on broad international consensus. Chapters explore the interaction between biotechnology and different fields of law including: human rights, intellectual property, trade law and environmental law. In doing so, a number of complex issues are raised such as the need to balance commercial interests with socio-cultural considerations and the need to ensure respect for human dignity in the pursuit of biomedical research. Providing a concise and accessible guide to a complex field of international law, this book will be of great value to those researching the law and regulation of biotechnology, biomedicine and biodiversity both within the EU and on an international scale. The book will also be a useful resource for practicing lawyers as it includes sources from a diverse range of legal systems and analyses relevant decisions by international adjudicatory bodies.

Principles of International Economic Law provides a comprehensive overview of the central topics in international economic law, with an emphasis on the interplay between the different economic and political interests on both the international and domestic levels. Following recent tendencies, the book sets the classic topics of international economic law, like WTO law, investment protection, commercial law and monetary law in context with aspects of human rights, environmental protection and the legitimate claims of developing countries. The book draws a concise picture of the architecture of international economic law with all its complexities, without getting lost in fragmented details. Providing a perfect introductory text to the field of international economic law, the book thoroughly analyses legal developments within their wider political, economic, or social context. Topics covered range from codes of conduct for multinational enterprises, to the human rights implications of the exploitation of natural resources. The book demonstrates the economic foundations and economic implications of legal frameworks. It puts into profile the often complex relationship between, on the one hand, international standards on liberalization and economic rationality and, on the other, state sovereignty and national preferences. It describes the new forms of economic cooperation which have developed in recent decades, such as the growing number of transnational companies in the private sector, and forms of cooperation between states such as the G8 or G20. This fully updated second edition covers new aspects and developments including the growing importance of corporate social responsibility, mega-regional-agreements like CETA, TTIP, and TPP, trade and investment related aspects of human rights law.

This book offers a comprehensive account of the transatlantic regulatory cooperation phenomenon: its causes and political context in a globalizing economy, its theoretical understanding, its relationship to trade and competition, its implications for democracy, and its likely directions in the future. This book recognizes that, while national authorities are still the principal actors in regulatory fields, regulation is increasingly an international affair.

In this thoroughly updated second edition, Matthias Herdegen provides a comprehensive and contemporary assessment of the regulation of biotechnology processes and products from an international and comparative perspective, complete with analysis of intricate legal and ethical debates. Considering recent advances in biotechnology, this new edition explores how regulatory approaches to controversial issues such as stem cell research, cloning and gene therapy differ across jurisdictions due to conflicting values and risk perceptions. Reflecting on current developments, the book explores the interaction between biotechnology and different fields of law, including: human rights, intellectual property, trade law and environmental law. In doing so, Herdegen investigates complex concerns such as balancing commercial interests with socio-cultural considerations and ensuring respect for human dignity in the pursuit of biomedical research. Furthermore this new edition includes examination of recent developments in areas such as genome editing, biomedicine, COVID-19 vaccines, and patents on essentially biological products, with an entirely revised section on biobanks. Providing a concise and accessible guide to a complex field of international law, this book will be of great value to those researching the law and regulation of biotechnology, biomedicine and biodiversity both within the EU and at an international level. Practicing lawyers will also benefit from a diverse array of sources from a range of legal systems.

Diese Sammlung der Rechtsprechung in volkerrechtlichen Fragen (1980-1985) setzt ein Werk fort, das die Gerichtspraxis seit der Errichtung des Deutschen Reichsgerichts in bisher acht Banden zusammenfassend aufgearbeitet hat. Wie in fruheren Banden enthalt Teil I Leitsatze in systematischer Anordnung, die alle fur die volkerrechtliche Praxis und Lehre wesentlichen Ausserungen der deutschen Rechtsprechung wiedergeben. Der Gegenstand der Leitsatze und zumeist auch die konkrete Aussage werden in kurzen Stichworten in englischer und franzosischer Sprache wiedergegeben. In Teil II des Bandes sind Originalauszuge der Gerichtsentscheidungen in demjenigen Umfang abgedruckt, der fur das Verstandnis der Aussagen in den Leitsatzen erforderlich ist. Mit dem vorliegenden Band prasentiert die Gesamtreihe mehr als 100 Jahre deutscher Rechtsprechung in volkerrechtlichen Fragen. Sie ermoglicht dem Benutzer das schnelle und zuverlassige Auffinden der deutschen Rechtsprechung zum Volkerrecht und ist fur die Praxis wie fur die Wissenschaft gleichermassen unentbehrlich.

Biotechnology is a field that inspires complex legal and ethical debates on an international scale. Taking a fresh approach to the subject, Matthias Herdegen provides a comprehensive assessment of the regulation of biotechnology processes and products from an international and comparative perspective. Herdegen explores how regulatory approaches to controversial issues such as: stem cell research and cloning and gene therapy differ across jurisdictions due to conflicting values and risk perceptions. The book goes on to examine how international regulatory instruments aim to address these conflicting perspectives and provide judgments based on broad international consensus. Chapters explore the interaction between biotechnology and different fields of law including: human rights, intellectual property, trade law and environmental law. In doing so, a number of complex issues are raised such as the need to balance commercial interests with socio-cultural considerations and the need to ensure respect for human dignity in the pursuit of biomedical research. Providing a concise and accessible guide to a complex field of international law, this book will be of great value to those researching the law and regulation of biotechnology, biomedicine and biodiversity both within the EU and on an international scale. The book will also be a useful resource for practicing lawyers as it includes sources from a diverse range of legal systems and analyses relevant decisions by international adjudicatory bodies.

This study by Professor Dr. Matthias Herdegen, sponsored by the Institute of Banking Law at the University of Cologne and available in English and German, is devoted to the organization of the bank supervision in the European Union in terms of European law and domestic law. The current regime of cross-border supervision and the entirety of its implications are analyzed and possible further developments de lege ferenda are examined.

Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde von der Juristischen Fakultat der Universitat Heidelberg im Sommersemester 1989 als Habilitationsschrift angenommen. Nach Jahresbeginn 1989 erschienene Literatur hat noch in den FuBnoten Berucksichtigung gefunden. Mein besonderer Dank gilt meinem hochverehrten akademischen Leh rer, Herrn Prof. Dr. Karl Doehring, des sen Forderung und Rat wichtige WeichensteHungen mitbestimmt haben. Seinen Anregungen ist die Arbei- nicht nur bei ubereinstimmenden Positionen - in hohem MaBe verpflichtet. Herrn Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jochen Abr. Frowein danke ich fur die stete Bereit schaft zum offenen Gedankenaustausch und fur nicht nur sachlich, sondern auch methodisch weiterfuhrende Einsichten. Auch den anderen Direktoren des Max-Planck-Instituts fur auslandisches offentliches Recht und Volker recht, Herrn Prof. Dr. Rudolf Bernhardt und Herrn Prof. Dr. Helmut Stein berger, bin ich fur manche Impulse sowie fur die Bereitschaft des Instituts direktoriums zu Dank verpflichtet, die Arbeit in die Reihe der Beitrage des Instituts aufzunehmen. Das Manuskript hat Frau Christa Schlechter mit geduldigem Einsatz er steHt. Frau Marina Makarov danke ich fur die bewundernswerte Prazision, die ihre redaktionelle Federfuhrung charakterisiert. Eingeschlossen in diesen Dank sei auch Frau Anneliese Neureither fur ihre engagierte Mitwirkung."