Genetically Modified Crops

Assessing the probability of detection of horizontal gene transfer events in bacterial populations

by Jeffrey Townsend

EU biotech crop regulations and environmental risk: a case of the emperor's new clothes?

by Shane Morris

Irish public perceptions and attitudes to modern biotechnology: an overview with a focus on GM foods

by Shane Morris

EU GM Crop Regulation: Road to Resolution or Regulatory Roundabout?

by Shane Morris

Morris, S.H. and Spillane C. (2010) EU GM Crop Regulation: Road to Resolution or Regulatory Roundabout? European Journal of Risk Regulation Vol 4: pp. 359-369

GM Regulation Deficiencies in the European Union

by Shane Morris

EMBO Reports. Vol 9, No 6, pg. 500-504

Legalising General Prohibitions on Cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms

by Mary Dobbs

11 German Law Journal 1347-1372 (2010)

Excluding Coexistence of GMOs? The Impact of the EU Commission's 2010 Recommendation on Coexistence

by Mary Dobbs

Review of European Community & International Environmental Law
Volume 20, Issue 2, pages 180–193, July 2011

In the midst of the European Union (EU) genetically modified organisms (GMOs) regime, coexistence of GM and non-GM... more In the midst of the European Union (EU) genetically modified organisms (GMOs) regime, coexistence of GM and non-GM crops alongside each other remains technically within the competence of the Member States. Post EU authorization of a GM crop, Member States may legally take appropriate measures to limit or prevent the presence of GMOs within non-GM crops. In July 2010, as part of a Cultivation Package, the Commission created a new Coexistence Recommendation that supports a flexible approach to more stringent coexistence measures by the States, while attempting to maintain control over the legitimate objectives justifying the measures. This article analyzes the impact of the 2010 Recommendation upon coexistence in the context of the existing practices and the previous 2003 Recommendation, taking into account its status as a soft law document and the ‘domino effect’. It is argued that the 2010 Recommendation may have greater practical and legal ramifications for coexistence than might first be thought. In attempting to create guidelines that allow a more flexible and inclusive approach towards national measures, the 2010 Recommendation may act as a catalyst to eventually exclude GM cultivation within Member States.

Genetically modified (GM) Seeds, Intellectual Property and Food

by Joel DSilva

D’Silva J (2005), Genetically modified (GM) Seeds, Intellectual Property and Food – BU Law Journal, Vol.34 No. 1&2, pp.6-32

Genetically Modified organisms(GMO)

by Parth Solanki

Responsabilidade Civil no âmbito do Direito do Consumidor e do Direito Ambiental: organismos geneticamente modificados, sociedade de risco, rotulagem e alternativas

by Marcelo Pichioli da Silveira

Artigo elaborado em coautoria com o colega Ramon Alberto dos Santos para o I EMA (Encontro sobre Meio Ambiente), organizado pela subseção da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB) de Maringá/PR. A apresentação do trabalho fora realizada no Teatro Marista, na citada cidade. Estes escritos serão publicados em capítulo de livro a ser elaborado pela Editora Humanitas.

Os presentes escritos estão muito longe da pretensão de se examinar integralmente a temática da responsabilidade civil... more Os presentes escritos estão muito longe da pretensão de se examinar integralmente a temática da responsabilidade civil objetiva contra o Estado e contra particulares no que diz respeito à produção de Organismos Geneticamente Modificados (OGM), vez que a gama dogmática de tal instituto jurídico, por si só, já acarreta profundas discussões da doutrina. Ademais, foi na tentativa de se estabelecer um perímetro de estudos que se buscou, aqui, contextualizar dispositivos do Código de Defesa ao Consumidor (CDC) – especialmente em seu art. 6º, incisos III e VI – com assuntos do Direito Ambiental, na busca de uma visão mais homogênea do assunto que tem dificultosa apreciação dogmática. Assim é que se relacionaram, ao menos brandamente, alguns dos novíssimos tópicos do Direito Privado, fronte a dificuldade em se subjetivar direitos objetivos do consumidor e do que se postula para a defesa do meio ambiente.

Plan Colombia Under Clinton: 1993-2001

by Leif Brecke

U.S. intervention in Colombia was initially sold to the American public as necessary to contain the threat of... more U.S. intervention in Colombia was initially sold to the American public as necessary to contain the threat of Communism. Plan Colombian, under Clinton was sold to the American public under the guise of the “War on Drugs” to curb narcotics flow into the U.S. The hegemonic discourse is that the American public demanded “strong leadership” in a battle against the corruption of America's youth. In reality, the Clinton administration heavily financed a “manufacture of consent” under Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey. I will demonstrate this propaganda machine and Clinton's crony corporate network that profited from this war.

GM directive deficiencies in the European Union

by Shane Morris

published in 'EMBO Reports', 2008"