21810370 - BIODIRITTO

The course aims to provide students with the ability to orient themselves within a new field of law that lies at the intersection of law, science and new technologies. In particular, the following topics will be analyzed: issues related to individual choices in the field of health law; developments in scientific research, genetics, assisted reproduction, neuroscience and the impact on the protection of human rights; the new frontiers of artificial intelligence and robotics and their impact on law.
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Programme

The autodetermination of the patient.
The genetics: connection and discrimination between human beings.
Human reproduction and law.
Scientific research, liberty and rights.
Neuroscience, law, individual
The new technological environment.
Artificial intelligence and autonomous systems

Core Documentation

A. Santosuosso e M. Tomasi, Diritto, scienza e nuove tecnologie, III ed., Wolters Kluwer, Padova, 2021, pp 47-354

Type of delivery of the course

In-class lectures. Practical exercises on current topics and on hard cases. In-depth seminars on the most relevant topics.

Type of evaluation

Oral examination