Towards a New Regulatory Framework for Gm Crops in the European Union: Scientific, Ethical, Social and Legal Issues and the Challenges Ahead

214 Pages·2017·7.61 MB·English

by  Leire Escajede San-epifiano

Towards a new
regulatory framework
for GM crops in the
European Union
Scientific, ethical, social and legal issues and
the challenges ahead
edited by:
Leire Escajedo San-Epifanio
Wageningen Academic
P u b l i s h e r s

Towards a new regulatory framework for
GM crops in the European Union
Scientific, ethical, social and legal issues and
the challenges ahead

Towards a new regulatory
framework for GM crops in
the European Union
Scientific, ethical, social and legal issues and
the challenges ahead
edited by:
Leire Escajedo San-Epifanio
Wageningen Academic
P u b l i s h e r s
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Scientific and Editorial Board
Alicia Arroyo Aparicio. Commercial Law, National Distance Education University (UNED),
Madrid, Spain.
Mertxe De Renobales Scheifler. Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of
the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Leire Escajedo San-Epifanio. Professor of Constitutional Law, and Law and Ethics in the Biosciences.
Department of Constitutional Law and History of the Political Thought, University of the Basque
Country, Bilbao, Spain.
Luis González-Vaqué. Lawyer, China-European Union Food Law Working Party, He served at the
FAO and the EU Commission, Barcelona, Spain.
Matthias Kaiser. Centre for the Study of Sciences and Humanities, University of Bergen, Bergen,
Norway.
Alberto López Basaguren. Professor of Constitutional Law, University of the Basque Country,
Bilbao, Spain.
Esther Rebato Ochoa. Professor of Physical Anthropology University, Department of Genetics,
Physical Anthropology and Animal Fisiology, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain.
G. Pakky Reddy. Executive Director of the AgriBiotech Foundation, ANG Ranga Agriculture
University, Hyderabad, India.
María Salvador Martínez. Professor of Constitutional Law, Department of Political Law, Universidad
Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain.
Ester Suñén Pardo. Professor of Inmunology, Department of Immunology, Microbiology and
Parasitology, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.