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Foreword: Sarbanes-Oxley For Science, David Michaels Jul 2006

Foreword: Sarbanes-Oxley For Science, David Michaels

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Transparency In Public Science: Purposes, Reasons, Limits, Sheila Jasonoff Jul 2006

Transparency In Public Science: Purposes, Reasons, Limits, Sheila Jasonoff

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Scientific Secrecy And “Spin”: The Sad, Sleazy Saga Of The Trials Of Remune, Susan Haack Jul 2006

Scientific Secrecy And “Spin”: The Sad, Sleazy Saga Of The Trials Of Remune, Susan Haack

Law and Contemporary Problems

Haack sketches an account of what science is and does that suggests how and why the ways in which scientific work is funded can distort or even block its progress. She puts her theory to work by analyzing the troubled history of the trials--clinical and legal--of Immune Response's AIDS drug, Remune.


Transparency And Innuendo: An Alternative To Reactive Over-Disclosure, Scott M. Lassman Jul 2006

Transparency And Innuendo: An Alternative To Reactive Over-Disclosure, Scott M. Lassman

Law and Contemporary Problems

Lassman examines the tension between transparency and other public health interests in the context of the FDA's proposed Drug Watch web site. He argues that although the FDA proposal seeks to achieve a laudable goal--the prompt communication of important useful safety information about drug products to physicians and patients-- it fails to properly balance transparency and other legitimate public health interests.


Sometimes The Silence Can Be Like The Thunder: Access To Pharmaceutical Data At The Fda, Peter Lurie, Allison Zieve Jul 2006

Sometimes The Silence Can Be Like The Thunder: Access To Pharmaceutical Data At The Fda, Peter Lurie, Allison Zieve

Law and Contemporary Problems

Those committed to the free exchange of scientific information have long complained about various restrictions on access to the FDA's pharmaceutical data and the resultant restrictions on open discourse. A review of open-government procedures and litigation at the FDA demonstrates that the need for transparency at the agency extend well beyond the reach of any clinical trial registry.


Public Health Versus Court-Sponsored Secrecy, Daniel J. Givelber, Anthony Robbins Jul 2006

Public Health Versus Court-Sponsored Secrecy, Daniel J. Givelber, Anthony Robbins

Law and Contemporary Problems

Public health practice relies on access to information. Givelber and Robbins discuss the debate about "court-sponsored" secrecy: Whether or not courts should tolerate, edorse, or protect secrecy when the sequestered information might help protect the public health.


Open Secrets: The Widespread Availability Of Information About The Health And Environmental Effects Of Chemicals, James W. Conrad Jr. Jul 2006

Open Secrets: The Widespread Availability Of Information About The Health And Environmental Effects Of Chemicals, James W. Conrad Jr.

Law and Contemporary Problems

Conrad discusses the point of view of the chemical industry concerning when and how access to health effects information may be affected by financial interests. He argues that no qualitative distinction can be drawn between the financial and other incentives that might affect disclosure by for-profit entities and the incentives that might affect disclosure by other entities that may conduct, sponsor, or opine on scientific research.


Why We Need Global Standards For Corporate Disclosure, Allen L. White Jul 2006

Why We Need Global Standards For Corporate Disclosure, Allen L. White

Law and Contemporary Problems

After two years of gradual revelations concerning undisclosed information on suicidal risks to children on antidepressants, a federal advisory committee in Sep 2004 recommended that such drugs be labeled to alert physicians and consumers of this risk. The antidepressant story is noteworthy in its own right, shedding light on the tangled web of legal, regulatory, economic, and ethical issues surrounding disclosure practices in the pharmaceutical industry. The complex interworkings of an emerging global economy make it necessary for corporate standards for disclosure to be established and enforced.


Behavioral Genetics: The Science Of Antisocial Behavior, Laura A. Baker, Serena Bezdjian, Adrian Raine Apr 2006

Behavioral Genetics: The Science Of Antisocial Behavior, Laura A. Baker, Serena Bezdjian, Adrian Raine

Law and Contemporary Problems

Baker et al discuss the methodologies and results of behavioral genetics studies, focusing on such traits as antisocial behavior, aggression, and behaviors associated with criminal conduct.


Behavioral Genetics And Crime, In Context, Owen D. Jones Apr 2006

Behavioral Genetics And Crime, In Context, Owen D. Jones

Law and Contemporary Problems

Jones explains the relationship between behavioral genetics and other disciplines in behavioral biology. He compares the potential contributions of behavioral genetics and behavioral ecology and suggests how the diverging efforts could be joined. He also notes that criminal law is but one of many fields of law potentially affected by behavioral genetics.


The Scarlet Gene: Behavioral Genetics, Criminal Law, And Racial And Ethnic Stigma, Karen Rothenberg, Alice Wang Apr 2006

The Scarlet Gene: Behavioral Genetics, Criminal Law, And Racial And Ethnic Stigma, Karen Rothenberg, Alice Wang

Law and Contemporary Problems

Rothenberg and Wang discuss the broader social implications of researching traits of interest to the criminal law. They consider the social impact for those who participate in behavioral genetics studies, particularly when such research focuses on behaviors related to conduct such as addiction.


Memoriam Apr 2006

Memoriam

Law and Contemporary Problems

Professor Shimm was a native of New York City, graduated with honors in 1947 from Columbia University after a hiatus of three years serving in the Army in World War II and emerging as a Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. He attended Yale Law School, again graduating with honors, in 1950. He practiced law privately in New York City from 1950 to 1951 and was an attorney for the Wage Stabilization Board in Washington, D.C., from 1951 to 1952. He first taught law as a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago in 1952 and came to Duke Law School …


Foreword, Nita A. Farahany Apr 2006

Foreword, Nita A. Farahany

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Misinformation, Misrepresentation, And Misuse Of Human Behavioral Genetics Research, Jonathan Kaplan Apr 2006

Misinformation, Misrepresentation, And Misuse Of Human Behavioral Genetics Research, Jonathan Kaplan

Law and Contemporary Problems

Kaplan discusses the limitations of human behavioral genetics studies, highlighting the research limitations inherent in studying humans and the narrow policy and legal applicability of results arising from behavioral genetics studies.


Considering Convergence: A Policy Dialogue About Behavioral Genetics, Neuroscience, And Law, Brent Garland, Mark S. Frankel Apr 2006

Considering Convergence: A Policy Dialogue About Behavioral Genetics, Neuroscience, And Law, Brent Garland, Mark S. Frankel

Law and Contemporary Problems

Garland and Frankel issue a call for scientists, lawyers, courts and lawmakers to begin a critical dialogue about the implications of scientific discoveries and technological advances in criminal law, behavioral genetics and neuroscience.


Genetics And Responsibility: To Know The Criminal From The Crime, Nita A. Farahany, James E. Coleman Jr. Apr 2006

Genetics And Responsibility: To Know The Criminal From The Crime, Nita A. Farahany, James E. Coleman Jr.

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Addiction, Genetics, And Criminal Responsibility, Stephen J. Morse Apr 2006

Addiction, Genetics, And Criminal Responsibility, Stephen J. Morse

Law and Contemporary Problems

In light of the abundance of studies focusing on the genetic contributions to addiction, Morse develops a meaningful background on the legal and scientific images of behavior, the disease concept of addiction, and the aspects of addiction for which a person may be held legally accountable.


Revisiting The Legal Link Between Genetics And Crime, Deborah W. Denno Apr 2006

Revisiting The Legal Link Between Genetics And Crime, Deborah W. Denno

Law and Contemporary Problems

In 1994, convicted murderer Stephen Mobley became a cause celebre when he appealed his death sentence before the Georgia Supreme Court in the case of Mobley v. State. Denno describes the potential implications arising from the high-profile case of Stephen Mobley. He sought to introduce a then-cutting-edge theory that violence could be based on a genetic or neurochemical abnormality as mitigating evidence during capital sentencing.


Behavioral Genetics Research And Criminal Dna Databases, D. H. Kaye Apr 2006

Behavioral Genetics Research And Criminal Dna Databases, D. H. Kaye

Law and Contemporary Problems

Kaye discusses DNA databanks and the potential use of such databanks for behavioral genetics research. He addresses the concern that DNA databanks serve as a limitless repository for future research and that the samples used in the databanks could be used for research into a crime gene.


Genetic Predictions Of Future Dangerousness: Is There A Blueprint For Violence?, Erica Beecher-Monas, Edgar Garcia-Rill Apr 2006

Genetic Predictions Of Future Dangerousness: Is There A Blueprint For Violence?, Erica Beecher-Monas, Edgar Garcia-Rill

Law and Contemporary Problems

Beecher-Monas and Garcia-Rill consider the unfortunate probability that behavioral genetics evidence will be misused to substantiate predictions of future dangerousness.


Journal Staff Jan 2006

Journal Staff

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


The Emergence Of Global Administrative Law, Benedict Kingsbury, Nico Krisch, Richard B. Stewart Oct 2005

The Emergence Of Global Administrative Law, Benedict Kingsbury, Nico Krisch, Richard B. Stewart

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


U.S. Administrative Law: A Model For Global Administrative Law?, Richard B. Stewart Oct 2005

U.S. Administrative Law: A Model For Global Administrative Law?, Richard B. Stewart

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Global Standards For National Administrative Procedure, Sabino Cassese Oct 2005

Global Standards For National Administrative Procedure, Sabino Cassese

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Global Private Governance: Lessons From A National Model Of Setting Standards In Accounting, Walter Mattli, Tim Buthe Oct 2005

Global Private Governance: Lessons From A National Model Of Setting Standards In Accounting, Walter Mattli, Tim Buthe

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Transnational Mutual Recognition Regimes: Governance Without Global Government, Kalypso Nicolaidis, Gregory Shaffer Oct 2005

Transnational Mutual Recognition Regimes: Governance Without Global Government, Kalypso Nicolaidis, Gregory Shaffer

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


A Global Administrative Law Bibliography Oct 2005

A Global Administrative Law Bibliography

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Foreword: Global Governance As Administration — National And Transnational Approaches To Global Administrative Law, Benedict Kingsbury, Nico Krisch, Richard B. Stewart, Jonathan B. Wiener Oct 2005

Foreword: Global Governance As Administration — National And Transnational Approaches To Global Administrative Law, Benedict Kingsbury, Nico Krisch, Richard B. Stewart, Jonathan B. Wiener

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


The Rule Of (Administrative) Law In International Law, David Dyzenhaus Oct 2005

The Rule Of (Administrative) Law In International Law, David Dyzenhaus

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Divergent Legal Conceptions Of The State: Implications For Global Administrative Law, Janet Mclean Oct 2005

Divergent Legal Conceptions Of The State: Implications For Global Administrative Law, Janet Mclean

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.