The European Journal of Law and Technology (EJLT) is a REFEREED open access journal focusing on issues of law and technology in a European context.
EJLT was previously published as The Journal of Law, Information and Technology (JILT) which issues are available here.
VOL 2, NO 3 (2011)
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EDITORIAL
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Philip Leith, Abdul Paliwala
EJLT was previously published as The Journal of Law, Information and Technology (JILT) which issues are available here.
VOL 2, NO 3 (2011)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
Editorial HTML
Philip Leith, Abdul Paliwala
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Nano-technology special edition
In the term used by the less academic press, we have a 'bumper issue' in this current issue of the European Journal of Law and Technology. Joel D'Silva and Diana Bowman have secured the authoring services of no less than 27 experts in the field of the regulation of nano-technology, each looking at regulation from slightly different perspectives, giving us a rich overview of the field.
Sociologists and philosophers of science have for long been interested in how new technologies rise and how they are controlled by, or control their technological, social and political environment. Is technology a brute force which rampages across less effective technologies, or is it something which is amenable to societal control? It is clear that for many technologies the negative resultants are not that important - whether we have gas fridges or electric fridges, for example - but in a new field where the technology impinges upon environment and body, the dangers of an unregulated and damaging technology controlled only by the profit motive has more important consequences, perhaps a number of years down the line.
The EJLT is delighted to be the host to the work of these authors in this important field, and hopes that our open access route encourages debate and understanding beyond the confines of an academic audience. We are also delighted to have supported the not inconsiderable effort of D'Silva and Bowman in getting to this polished presentation of ideas.
Philip Leith, Editor
Abdul Paliwala, Founding Editor
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INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE
Why the elephant in the room appears to be more than a nano-sized challenge
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Joel D'Silva, Diana Meagan Bowman
NANO TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL EDITION
Decision Ethics and Emergent Technologies: The Case of Nanotechnology
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David Berube
Justice or Beneficence: What Regulatory Virtue for Nano-Governance?
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Hailemichael Teshome Demissie
Regulating Nanoparticles: the Problem of Uncertainty
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Roger Strand, Kamilla Lein Kjølberg
Complexities of labelling of nanoproducts on the consumer markets
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Harald Throne-Holst, Arie Rip
Soft regulation and responsible nanotechnological development in the European Union: Regulating occupational health and safety in the Netherlands HTML PDF
Bärbel Dorbeck-Jung
Nanomaterials and the European Water Framework Directive
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Steffen Foss Hansen, Anders Baun, Catherine Ganzleben
The Proposed Ban on Certain Nanomaterials for Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Europe and Its Global Security Implications: A Search for an Alternative Regulatory Approach HTML PDF
Hitoshi Nasu, Thomas Faunce
The Regulation of Nano-particles under the European Biocidal Products Directive: Challenges for Effective Civil Society Participation HTML PDF
Michael T Reinsborough, Gavin Sullivan
Value chains as a linking-pin framework for exploring governance and innovation in nano-involved sectors: illustrated for nanotechnologies and the food packaging sector HTML PDF
Douglas Robinson
Food and nano-food within the Chinese regulatory system: no need to have overregulation.Less physicality can produce more power. HTML PDF
Margherita Poto
Regulation and Governance of Nanotechnology in China: Regulatory Challenges and Effectiveness
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Darryl Stuart Jarvis, Noah Richmond
How Resilient is India to Nanotechnology Risks? Examining Current Developments, Capacities and an Approach for Effective Risk Governance and Regulation HTML PDF
Shilpanjali Deshpande Sarma
Toward Safe and Sustainable Nanomaterials: Chemical Information Call-in to Manufacturers of Nanomaterials by California as a Case Study HTML PDF
William Ryan, Sho Takatori, Thomas Booze, Hai-Yong Kang
De minimis curat lex: New Zealand law and the challenge of the very small
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Colin Gavaghan, Jennifer Moore
ISSN: 2042-115X
