Legal issues overview

An accessible overview of gun control for young adult readers. Issues covered include gun violence, defensive gun use, legal issues, and the effectiveness of gun laws. 

A useful overview of legal issues relating to the patenting of DNA. R. Eisenberg, Emory LawJ. 1990, 39, 721-745. 

Reichman, J. H. with C. Hasenzahl. 2003. UNCTAD, Non-Voluntary Licensing of Patented Inventions Historical Perspective, Legal Framework Under TRIPS, and an Overview of the Practice in Canada and the USA. (Project on IPRs and Sustainable Development, Issue Paper No. 5, 2003). 

This chapter introduces various legal and ethical issues that may arise during a disaster or major public health crisis. It will begin with an overview of the legal system and describe the sources of law and ethical obligations, the importance of the various levels of government in... 

The overview of scientific and regulatory aspects set forth in this book, on the one hand, demonstrates how intimately research and legal provisions are interwoven and benefit from each other on the other hand, it sheds further light on the complexity of environmental contamination in Antarctica and calls for more proactive and resolute action. With this in mind, it is hoped that this work can stimulate further pondering of such priority issues. 

This chapter will provide the reader with an overview of patenting in the pharmaceutical biotechnology industry and summarize some of the key legal and ethical issues related to the patenting of biomedical products and processes. It will examine the legal aspects of patenting before considering the ethical and policy issues. This essay will focus primarily on the U S patent laws, which are very similar to the European patent laws. The essay will note some differences between the US and European laws, and it will mention some relevant international intellectual property treaties. 

A useful overview of legal and ethical issues involving DNA patents. A. Goldhammer, Accountability Res. 2001, 8, 283-292. 

Bashshur, Rashid, and Gary Shannon. History of Telemedicine. New Rochelle, N.Y Mary Ann Liebert, 2009. An interesting review of the history, evolution, context, and transformation of telemedicine. Maheu, Marlene, Pamela Whitten, and Ace Allen. E-Health, Telehealth, and Telemedicine A Guide to Startup and Success. New W>rk Jossey-Bass, 2001. A practical and insightftd overview of telecommunications and information technologies. Also includes information on telemedicine and the social, legal, economic, and quahty issues that affect the U.S. health care system. 

Clause 3 provides an overview of lEC 61511-1, Clause 4 provides an overview of the legal aspects. Clause 5 focuses on issues that affect all users, and Clause 6 addresses activities of specific users covering the whole life cycle of the SIS. Technical detail and examples are given in the annexes. 

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