Books in the Law, Science and Society series

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Tilburg University, 2016) issued under title: Breaking and remaking law and technology: a socio-techno-legal study of hacking.

Offering a transdisciplinary approach to environmental law, its principles, mechanics and context, as tested in its application to the urban environment, this book traces the conceptual and material absence of communication between the human and the natural.

Complexity theory understands law as an emergent, complex, self-organizing system in which an interactive network of actors and systems operate with no overall guiding hand, giving rise to complex collective behavior. This collection explores the different ways in which the insights from complexity theory can be applied to law.

This book considers the existing scientific, legal, and political regulatory regimes that pertain to gene editing. By exploring such a range of potential applications of gene editing ¿ not only biomedical, but also agricultural and ecological ¿ the book reveals numerous crossovers and disjunctions between approaches to the human and the nonhuman.

This book addresses the use of biometrics ¿ including fingerprint identification, DNA identification and facial recognition ¿ in the criminal justice system: balancing the need to ensure society is protected from harms, such as crime and terrorism, while also preserving individual rights.

Knowledge, Technology and Law examines the interface between studies of law, science and society, from the perspectives of socio-legal studies and science and technology studies (STS). The relationships between law, science and society are central to a diverse range of practical, ethical and theoretical issues. This collection charts the important interface between studies of law, science and society, as explored from the perspectives of socio-legal studies and the increasingly influential field of STS. It brings together scholars from both areas to interrogate the joint roles of law and science in the construction and stabilization of socio-technical networks, objects, and standards, as well as their place in the production of contemporary social realities and subjectivities.

In the modern world, policy makers, industry and its regulators are increasingly required to take decisions in the face of unknowable or indeterminate risks. This book compares various models of risk regulation; examining national, EU and international (WTO) regulatory systems for food safety and genetically modified organisms.

Compares various models of risk regulation in order to understand how these systems shape the relationship between law and science, and how they attempt to overcome public distrust in science-based decision-making. This book covers debate relating to uncertainty and risks - and the difficulties faced by the EU in regulating these issues.