Ethics, Law and Society: Volume II

This key collection brings together a selection of papers commissioned and published by the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law & Society. It incorporates contributions from a group of international experts along with a selection of short opinion pieces written in response to specific ethical issues.

List of Figures and Tables

ix

List of Contributors

xi

Acknowledgement

xxi

List of abbreviations

xxiii

1 Introduction

3

(4)

Jennifer Gunning and Søren Holm

PART I: BIOETHICS

2 Human Tissue Research, Individual Rights and Bio-banks

7

(10)

Henriette d.c. Roscam Abbing

University of Utrecht

3 Umbilical Cord Cell Banking: A Surprisingly Controversial Issue

17

(10)

Jennifer Gunning

Cardiff University

4 Assisted Reproduction in the Republic of Ireland – A Legal Quagmire

27

(8)

Deirdre Madden

University College Cork

5 Practical Ethics in Search of a Toolbox: Ethics of Science and Technology at the Crossroads

35

(10)

Matthias Kaiser

Norwegian National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology

6 'Up in the Sky': Human and Social Sciences' Responses to Genetics

45

(10)

Yulia Egorova

Cardiff University

7 Family Decision Making – A Victim to the Hegemony of Autonomy?

55

(10)

Søren Holm

Cardiff University

8 Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): Ethical Process

65

(12)

Karen Birmingham and Michael Furmston

University of Bristol

PART II: ETHICS AND SOCIETY

9 Restrictive or Engaging: Redefining Public Health Promotion

77

(8)

Andreas Hasman

Picker Institute Europe

10 Enemies of Mankind

85

(10)

Gerry Simpson

London School of Economics

11 Ethical Challenges in the Conservation of Cultural Material

95

(14)

David Watkinson

Cardiff University

12 Farming and Food Research: Participation and the Public Good

109

(8)

Tom MacMillan and Shaila Seshia

Food Ethics Council

13 Do Mention the War: Children and Media Coverage of Traumatic Events

117

(8)

Máire Messenger Davies

University of Ulster

14 Reducing Rights in the Name of Convention Compliance: Mental Health Law Reform and the New Human Rights Agenda

125

(10)

Philip Fennell

Cardiff University

15 The Impact of Leadership on Public Policy in Africa: Problems and Opportunities

135

(22)

Kelechi A. Kalu

University of North Colorado, Greeley

16 The Child and Family Policy Divide

157

(10)

Clem Henricson

National Family and Parenting Institute

17 Children and Family Breakdown

167

(14)

Gillian Douglas

Cardiff University

18 The Impact of Discrimination on Children

181

(14)

Elspeth Webb

Cardiff University

19 Building Resilience: Helping Vulnerable Children Cope

195

(16)

Tony Newman

Dr Barnado's

PART III: BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

20 The International Financial War against Terrorism: Myths and Reality

211

(8)

Donato Masciandaro

Bocconi University, Milan

21 Ethics and Advertising

219

(6)

Geoffrey Klempner

Philosophy for Business

22 Self-Regulation and the Market for Legal Services

225

(12)

Richard Moorhead

Cardiff University

23 Corporate Responsibility for Children's Diets

237

(8)

Tom MacMillan, Elizabeth Dowler and David Archard

Food Ethics Council

24 Do Toy Companies Really Care about Children? Evaluating the Ethics of the Toy Industry

245

(20)

Stephen P. Hogan

University of Brighton

PART IV: COMMENTARIES

25 A Taste of the Orange Revolution: Ukraine and the Spirit of Constitutionalism

265

(4)

Jiri Pribán

Cardiff University

26 Seroxat – The Power of the Pharmaceutical Industry. The Case for a Better Way to Research, License and Regulate Medicines

269

(6)

Sarah-Jane Richards

Hugh James Solicitors

27 Doha Developments: The July Package and Agriculture

275

(6)

Julian Kinderlerer and Christian Lopez-Silva

Sheffield University

28 Lawyers and Ethicists Should be Careful When Talking About the Permissibility of Torture

281

(6)

Søren Holm

Cardiff University

29 You Pays Your Money and You Takes Your Choice?

287

(4)

Joy Wingfield

Nottingham Universtiy

30 Life After Death: My Life After a Heart and Lung Transplant

291

(4)

Nicola Langlands

Transplant recipient

31 The Human Rights Act: Is it Working?

295

(4)

Philip A. Thomas

Cardiff University

32 Fair Trials, Ethics and Saddam Hussein's Trial

299

(12)

Jason Söderblom

33 Expert Evidence on Trial

311

(4)

Cathy Cobley and Tom Sanders

Cardiff University

34 Bhopal: The Disaster Continues

315

(4)

Peter Wells

Cardiff University

Index

319

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