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Title: | Framing and legitimating EU legal regulation of human gene-editing technologies: key facets and functions of an imaginary |
Authors: | Mahalatchimy, A Lau, PL Li, P Flear, ML |
Keywords: | European Union;framing;gene editing;imaginaries;law;Science and technology studies |
Issue Date: | 16-Aug-2021 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press on behalf of Harvard, Duke and Stanford Law Schools |
Citation: | Mahalatchimy, A., Lau, P.L., Li, P. and Flear, M.L. (2021) 'Framing and legitimating EU legal regulation of human gene-editing technologies: key facets and functions of an imaginary', Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 8 (2), lsaa080, pp. 1-30, doi: 10.1093/jlb/lsaa080. |
Abstract: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2021. Gene-editing technologies, ie those able to make changes in the DNA of an organism, are the object of global competition and a regulatory race between countries and regions. There is an attempt to craft legal frameworks protective enough for users, but flexible enough for developers of gene-editing technologies. This article examines the imaginary built into the framing of EU-level legal regulation of human gene-editing technologies and identifies its three key related facets: the tension around naturalness; safeguarding morality and ethics; and the pursuit of medical objectives for the protection of human health. Concerns around the use of gene-editing technologies in relation to eugenics and human enhancement have produced a multifaceted imaginary. We argue that this imaginary not only places a limit on EU-level regulation, despite a strong EU competence in respect of the internal market, but also seeks to ensure its legitimation. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/23189 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsaa080 |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Law School Research Papers |
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