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.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
- Introduction to "biolaw"
- Elements of public law relevant to understanding the course topics
- Regulation of science and protection of individuals
- National, supranational and international (bio)law; the role of case law
- The system of rights in the constitutional order
- Personal freedom and the right to health
- The principle of self-determination
- Patient self-determination and refusal of treatment in conscious and unconscious patients. Law No. 219/2017 on informed consent and advance treatment provisions. The new regulatory framework on "end-of-life"
- Human reproduction and law: medically assisted procreation and surrogate motherhood
- Abortion
- Health data
- Scientific research
- Vaccinations
- The evolution of genetics and its impact on criminal law
- Biobanks
- Neuroscience. Advanced technologies and intelligence augmentation
- Artificial intelligence and law
- Autonomous systems, intelligent robot and human autonomy
The textbook serves as the reference basis for exam preparation.
Additional teaching materials - statutory texts, case law and academic articles - will be made available to supplement the textbook’s content with in-depth analysis of the most topical issues.
These materials will be referred to during lectures and made available to students.
For students attending lectures, these materials form an integral part of the exam syllabus.
Programme
During the course, the following topics will be covered:- Introduction to "biolaw"
- Elements of public law relevant to understanding the course topics
- Regulation of science and protection of individuals
- National, supranational and international (bio)law; the role of case law
- The system of rights in the constitutional order
- Personal freedom and the right to health
- The principle of self-determination
- Patient self-determination and refusal of treatment in conscious and unconscious patients. Law No. 219/2017 on informed consent and advance treatment provisions. The new regulatory framework on "end-of-life"
- Human reproduction and law: medically assisted procreation and surrogate motherhood
- Abortion
- Health data
- Scientific research
- Vaccinations
- The evolution of genetics and its impact on criminal law
- Biobanks
- Neuroscience. Advanced technologies and intelligence augmentation
- Artificial intelligence and law
- Autonomous systems, intelligent robot and human autonomy
Core Documentation
A. SANTOSUOSSO - M. TOMASI, "Diritto, scienza e nuove tecnologie", Wolters Kluwer, Padova, 2021.The textbook serves as the reference basis for exam preparation.
Additional teaching materials - statutory texts, case law and academic articles - will be made available to supplement the textbook’s content with in-depth analysis of the most topical issues.
These materials will be referred to during lectures and made available to students.
For students attending lectures, these materials form an integral part of the exam syllabus.
Attendance
Although the mode of attendance is optional, it is still highly recommended.Type of evaluation
The exam consists of a single oral test, aimed at assessing the knowledge acquired on the topics covered in the course. teacher profile teaching materials
- Introduction to "biolaw"
- Elements of public law relevant to understanding the course topics
- Regulation of science and protection of individuals
- National, supranational and international (bio)law; the role of case law
- The system of rights in the constitutional order
- Personal freedom and the right to health
- The principle of self-determination
- Patient self-determination and refusal of treatment in conscious and unconscious patients. Law No. 219/2017 on informed consent and advance treatment provisions. The new regulatory framework on "end-of-life"
- Human reproduction and law: medically assisted procreation and surrogate motherhood
- Abortion
- Health data
- Scientific research
- Vaccinations
- The evolution of genetics and its impact on criminal law
- Biobanks
- Neuroscience. Advanced technologies and intelligence augmentation
- Artificial intelligence and law
- Autonomous systems, intelligent robot and human autonomy
The textbook serves as the reference basis for exam preparation.
Additional teaching materials - statutory texts, case law and academic articles - will be made available to supplement the textbook’s content with in-depth analysis of the most topical issues.
These materials will be referred to during lectures and made available to students.
For students attending lectures, these materials form an integral part of the exam syllabus.
Programme
During the course, the following topics will be covered:- Introduction to "biolaw"
- Elements of public law relevant to understanding the course topics
- Regulation of science and protection of individuals
- National, supranational and international (bio)law; the role of case law
- The system of rights in the constitutional order
- Personal freedom and the right to health
- The principle of self-determination
- Patient self-determination and refusal of treatment in conscious and unconscious patients. Law No. 219/2017 on informed consent and advance treatment provisions. The new regulatory framework on "end-of-life"
- Human reproduction and law: medically assisted procreation and surrogate motherhood
- Abortion
- Health data
- Scientific research
- Vaccinations
- The evolution of genetics and its impact on criminal law
- Biobanks
- Neuroscience. Advanced technologies and intelligence augmentation
- Artificial intelligence and law
- Autonomous systems, intelligent robot and human autonomy
Core Documentation
A. SANTOSUOSSO - M. TOMASI, "Diritto, scienza e nuove tecnologie", Wolters Kluwer, Padova, 2021.The textbook serves as the reference basis for exam preparation.
Additional teaching materials - statutory texts, case law and academic articles - will be made available to supplement the textbook’s content with in-depth analysis of the most topical issues.
These materials will be referred to during lectures and made available to students.
For students attending lectures, these materials form an integral part of the exam syllabus.
Attendance
Although the mode of attendance is optional, it is still highly recommended.Type of evaluation
The exam consists of a single oral test, aimed at assessing the knowledge acquired on the topics covered in the course. teacher profile teaching materials
- Introduction to "biolaw"
- Elements of public law relevant to understanding the course topics
- Regulation of science and protection of individuals
- National, supranational and international (bio)law; the role of case law
- The system of rights in the constitutional order
- Personal freedom and the right to health
- The principle of self-determination
- Patient self-determination and refusal of treatment in conscious and unconscious patients. Law No. 219/2017 on informed consent and advance treatment provisions. The new regulatory framework on "end-of-life"
- Human reproduction and law: medically assisted procreation and surrogate motherhood
- Abortion
- Health data
- Scientific research
- Vaccinations
- The evolution of genetics and its impact on criminal law
- Biobanks
- Neuroscience. Advanced technologies and intelligence augmentation
- Artificial intelligence and law
- Autonomous systems, intelligent robot and human autonomy
The textbook serves as the reference basis for exam preparation.
Additional teaching materials - statutory texts, case law and academic articles - will be made available to supplement the textbook’s content with in-depth analysis of the most topical issues.
These materials will be referred to during lectures and made available to students.
For students attending lectures, these materials form an integral part of the exam syllabus.
Programme
During the course, the following topics will be covered:- Introduction to "biolaw"
- Elements of public law relevant to understanding the course topics
- Regulation of science and protection of individuals
- National, supranational and international (bio)law; the role of case law
- The system of rights in the constitutional order
- Personal freedom and the right to health
- The principle of self-determination
- Patient self-determination and refusal of treatment in conscious and unconscious patients. Law No. 219/2017 on informed consent and advance treatment provisions. The new regulatory framework on "end-of-life"
- Human reproduction and law: medically assisted procreation and surrogate motherhood
- Abortion
- Health data
- Scientific research
- Vaccinations
- The evolution of genetics and its impact on criminal law
- Biobanks
- Neuroscience. Advanced technologies and intelligence augmentation
- Artificial intelligence and law
- Autonomous systems, intelligent robot and human autonomy
Core Documentation
A. SANTOSUOSSO - M. TOMASI, "Diritto, scienza e nuove tecnologie", Wolters Kluwer, Padova, 2021.The textbook serves as the reference basis for exam preparation.
Additional teaching materials - statutory texts, case law and academic articles - will be made available to supplement the textbook’s content with in-depth analysis of the most topical issues.
These materials will be referred to during lectures and made available to students.
For students attending lectures, these materials form an integral part of the exam syllabus.
Attendance
Although the mode of attendance is optional, it is still highly recommended.Type of evaluation
The exam consists of a single oral test, aimed at assessing the knowledge acquired on the topics covered in the course.