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Consideration of the interface between genetics, other biotechnologies and law.
The paper will consider this interface in three broad areas:
- Use and management of genetic information and biological samples
- Preimplantation, prenatal genetic testing and screening
- Genetic modification of plants, animals and human bodily material
| Paper title | The Genomic Future and the Law |
|---|---|
| Paper code | LAWS402 |
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2021 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $679.70 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- LAWS 201, LAWS 202, LAWS 203, LAWS 204
- Limited to
- LLB, LLB(Hons)
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
Topic 1: Genetic Information and Bodily Material
- Bodily Material and the Property Paradigm
- Genetic Information and the Privacy Paradigm
- Genetic Information as a Protected Characteristic
- Genetic Information and Parental Identity
Topic 2: Genetic Selection in Reproduction
- Screening and Selection: sex, (dis)abilities and saviors
- Welfare and Non-identity Principles
- Second-Generation Preimplantation Screening
- Reproductive Technology and Regulatory Legitimacy
Topic: 3 Genetic Modification
- Reproductive Genomic Modification (mitochondrial replacement)
- Human Enhancement
- Genetically Modified Plants
- Genetically Modified Animals
- Textbooks
- Course materials provided.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global Perspective, Interdisciplinary Perspective, Lifelong Learning, Scholarship,
Communication, Critical Thinking, Ethics, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to
- Consider legal issues that are prevalent in a range of jurisdictions as well as legal issues that are the product of trans-jurisdictional access to, and spread of, biotechnologies
- Engage with the basics of biomedical developments and strands of moral and ontological philosophy in order to properly explore the legal challenges of genomic future
- Exercise analytical skills that are applicable to new frontiers of the legal response to biomedical developments
- Engage in scholarly published work and produce intellectually rigorous work that furthers the analysis of the legal response to biomedical developments
- Articulate nuanced legal and normative arguments through oral discussion and written academic papers
- Challenge conventional assumptions about the genome that are located in the law and consider alternative ways in which the legal system could respond to regulatory challenges
Timetable
Consideration of the interface between genetics, other biotechnologies and law.
The paper will consider this interface in three broad areas:
- Use and management of genetic information and biological samples
- Preimplantation, prenatal genetic testing and screening
- Genetic modification of plants, animals and human bodily material
| Paper title | The Genomic Future and the Law |
|---|---|
| Paper code | LAWS402 |
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2022 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $691.30 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- LAWS 201, LAWS 202, LAWS 203, LAWS 204
- Limited to
- LLB, LLB(Hons)
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
Topic 1: Genetic Information and Bodily Material
- Bodily Material and the Property Paradigm
- Genetic Information and the Privacy Paradigm
- Genetic Information as a Protected Characteristic
- Genetic Information and Parental Identity
Topic 2: Genetic Selection in Reproduction
- Screening and Selection: sex, (dis)abilities and saviors
- Welfare and Non-identity Principles
- Second-Generation Preimplantation Screening
- Reproductive Technology and Regulatory Legitimacy
Topic: 3 Genetic Modification
- Reproductive Genomic Modification (mitochondrial replacement)
- Human Enhancement
- Genetically Modified Plants
- Genetically Modified Animals
- Textbooks
- Course materials provided.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global Perspective, Interdisciplinary Perspective, Lifelong Learning, Scholarship,
Communication, Critical Thinking, Ethics, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to
- Consider legal issues that are prevalent in a range of jurisdictions as well as legal issues that are the product of trans-jurisdictional access to, and spread of, biotechnologies
- Engage with the basics of biomedical developments and strands of moral and ontological philosophy in order to properly explore the legal challenges of genomic future
- Exercise analytical skills that are applicable to new frontiers of the legal response to biomedical developments
- Engage in scholarly published work and produce intellectually rigorous work that furthers the analysis of the legal response to biomedical developments
- Articulate nuanced legal and normative arguments through oral discussion and written academic papers
- Challenge conventional assumptions about the genome that are located in the law and consider alternative ways in which the legal system could respond to regulatory challenges
