Provides a thorough analysis of the development and operation of European risk governance of GMOs Highlights the shortcomings, dynamics and contradictions of the EU's regulatory framework
Offers a long-needed but also timely account of the GMO 'problem' by bringing together its historical development, institutional features, conceptual assumptions and operational practice
Examines the efficacy of the Deliberate Release Directive in its current institutional form
Will appeal to actors involved in the design and analysis of risk regulatory frameworks in Europe

Autorentext

Mihalis Kritikos is Research Fellow at the Law, Science, Technology and Society research group at the Faculty of Law and Criminology, and Associate Researcher at the Institute of European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Belgium, and a Fellow at Athens Public International Law Center (PIL), School of Law, University of Athens.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Initial Shaping of genetic engineering rules (19821986).- Chapter 3: Developing a regulatory framework on GMO releases.- Chapter 4: The 1990/220 Deliberate Release Directive: Early Implementation and Revision.- Chapter 5: Authorising GMOs and the resort to EFSA's opinions: Space for other legitimate factors?.- Chapter 6: Scientific Evaluations in the DRD: a case of asymmetries and uncertainties.- Chapter 7: Conclusions.