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IDENTIFYING DATA | 2020_21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subject | LEGAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY | Code | 00208033 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Study programme |
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3 | Compulsory | Fourth | First |
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Department | DERECHO PUBLICO |
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stars@unileon.es pcparp@unileon.es |
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General description | Study of: Biotechnology Law; Basics, constitutional principles and normative frame; Biomedical legislation and genetic technology; The embryos and the Spanish legislation on genetic engineering; Governmental policies on Biotechnology; Freedom of scientific investigation; Principle of precaution and measures of safeguard; Right to self-determination before the Biotechnology: constitutional implications; Regulation of the Vegetable Biotechnology; Legal protection of the environment; Confined utilization of genetically modified organisms; Legal regime of the biotechnological politics; Voluntary release and marketing of genetically modified organisms; Biosafety and risks; Patents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Competencias |
Code | |
A14019 | |
A14020 | |
A14021 | |
A14022 | |
A14023 | |
A14083 | |
A14084 | |
A14085 | |
A14089 | |
A14092 | |
A14093 | |
A14101 | |
B3764 | |
B3765 | |
B3766 | |
B3768 | |
B3829 | |
B3830 | |
B3834 | |
B3835 | |
B3836 | |
B3838 | |
B3843 | |
B3844 | |
B3846 | |
B3847 | |
B3848 | |
B3849 | |
B3850 | |
B3851 | |
B3852 | |
B3853 | |
B3854 | |
B3855 | |
B3856 | |
B3857 | |
B3858 | |
B3859 | |
C1 | |
C2 | |
C3 | |
C4 | |
C5 |
Learning aims |
Competences | |||
A14083 A14089 A14092 |
B3834 |
C1 C5 |
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A14085 A14089 A14092 |
B3830 B3843 |
C1 C5 |
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A14019 A14020 A14021 A14023 |
B3764 B3765 B3766 B3835 B3836 B3838 B3843 B3850 B3851 B3852 |
C2 C3 C4 |
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A14023 A14084 A14093 |
B3829 B3835 B3836 B3850 B3852 |
C2 C3 C4 |
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A14020 A14022 A14023 A14101 |
B3838 B3843 B3846 B3847 B3850 B3851 B3854 B3859 |
C2 C4 |
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A14021 A14023 A14092 |
B3766 B3768 B3844 B3853 |
C1 C4 C5 |
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A14020 |
B3848 B3849 B3850 B3851 B3855 B3856 B3857 B3858 B3859 |
C5 |
Contents |
Topic | Sub-topic |
I.- CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES AND SOURCES | I.1.- Basic concepts. I.2.- Principles: personality, autonomy, non-discriminatio, pluralism, participation, secularity, caution and traceability. I.3.- Sources: internacional, comunitary, state, autonomic and deontologic. |
II.- BIOTECHNOLOGY, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND OTHER LEGAL ASSETS ADMINISTERED CONSTITUTIONALLY | II.1.- Fundamental rights and Biotechnology. Identity and information protection right. Freedom of scientific research. Freedom of choice. Limits on fundamental rights. II.2.- Other legal assets administered constitutionally. Users and consumers. Scientific progress, medical applications and potential benefits for society. Environment. Risks for nature and biodiversity. Animal welfare. Business and market interests: Intellectual property, patents and free movement of produce. |
III.- BIOTECNOLOGY AND BIOMEDICINE LAW | III.1.- The human body and the person against biotechnology: constitutional implications. III.2.- Biotechnologic research regulation. III.3.- Biomedic law, genetic technology, embryo and genetic engineering. III.4.- Criminal legislative policy and leave from prison in relation with human biotechnology. |
IV.- PLANT BIOTECNOLOGY LAW | IV.1.- Legal regime of the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms. IV.2.- Legal regime of the intentional freeing of genetically modified micro-organisms in the environment with different purposes from those of its commercialization. IV.3.- Legal regime of the market of food and fodder modified genetically. Authorization, supervisión, labelling, trackability and transfrontier movement. IV.4.- Legal criteria for coexistence between genetically-modified crops and eco and conventional crops. |
Planning |
Methodologies :: Tests | |||||||||
Class hours | Hours outside the classroom | Total hours | |||||||
Case study | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||||||
Seminars | 8 | 12 | 20 | ||||||
Lecture | 10 | 10 | 20 | ||||||
Objective short-answer tests | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
Practical tests | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
2 | 10 | 12 | |||||||
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
Methodologies |
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Lecture |
Personalized attention |
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Assessment |
Description | Qualification | ||
Objective short-answer tests | 50% | ||
Practical tests | 30% | ||
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Other comments and second call | |||
ADDENDUM |
Contingency plan due to COVID-19 emergency conditions that prevents from presence based teaching |
COVID-19 Teaching Guide Addendum Access Link |
Sources of information |
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE |
Basic |
Mellado Ruíz, Lorenzo, Bioseguridad y Derecho. La Administración ante los riesgos de la tecnología de la vida, Comares, 2004 Tarodo, Salvador; y, Pardo, Paulino (coords.), Biotecnología y Bioderecho, Eolas, 2011 Romeo Casabona, Carlos María, Biotecnología y Derecho. Perspectivas en Derecho Comparado, Comares, 1998 Vives Vallés, Juan Antonio, Derecho de cultivos transgénicos. El conflicto entre el Derecho español y comunitario y el derecho a la libertad de empresa, a la luz de la nueva normativa opt-out, Dykinson, 2016 Mellado Ruíz, Lorenzo, Derecho de la Biotecnología vegetal. La regulación de las plantas transgénicas, INAP, 2002 Amat Llombart, Pablo, Derecho de la Biotecnología y los transgénicos, Tirant lo Blanch, 2008 Esteve Pardo, José, El desconcierto del Leviatán, Marcial Pons, 2009 Triviño Caballero, Rosana, El peso de la conciencia. La objeción de conciencia en el ejercicio de las profesiones sanitarias, Plaza y Valdés, 2014 Rodríguez Arias, David et al., Ética y experimentación con seres humanos, Desclée De Brouwer, 2006 Pérez Álvarez, Salvador, Incidencia de las nuevas biotecnologías en el derecho a la protección de la salud de los pacientes: ¿de vueltas al Estado liberal?, en Los Avances del Derecho ante los Avances de la Medici, Aranzadi, 2008 Fernández-Coronado, Ana; y, Pérez, Salvador (coords.), La protección de la salud en tiempos de crisis, Tirant Lo Blanch, 2014 Martín Uranga, Amelia, La protección jurídica de las innovaciones biotecnológicas, Comares, 2003 Morla González, Marina, Las patentes farmacéuticas y el comercio del medicamento, Revista Electrónica de Derecho y Ciencia, 2017 Tarodo Soria, Salvador, Libertad de conciencia y derechos del usuario de los servicios sanitarios, Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco, 2005 Romeo Casabona, Carlos María, Principio de Precaución, Biotecnología y Derecho, Comares, 2004 Mir Puigpelat, Oriol, Transgénicos y derecho. La nueva regulación de los organismos modificados genéticamente, Civitas, 2004 |
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Recommendations |