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Two paths of risk regulation: the concurrence of scientific and sociocultural decision-making in the European law of agricultural genetic engineering

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Future hazards which may result from genetically engineered plants can currently only be anticipated. Therefore, the handling of the potential risks is becoming a crucial political and legal question. The following article describes the differing national regulatory approaches in Europe: an economic, a scientific, and a sociopolitical approach pre-existed the European Union's deliberate release Directive, which itself follows a primarily science-based approach. The latter is based on objective technological assessments of individual cases. At the same time, however, the Directive contains elements of a sociocultural approach, which is open to value-based judgments and thus, necessarily takes a subjective, general assessment of the use of genetically modified organisms. As a result, the European law of Agricultural Genetic Engineering provides two paths of risk regulation in parallel.

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  • Daniela Winkler, 2013. "Two paths of risk regulation: the concurrence of scientific and sociocultural decision-making in the European law of agricultural genetic engineering," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(7), pages 803-823, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:16:y:2013:i:7:p:803-823
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2012.737825
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    1. Louis Anthony Cox, 2009. "Risk Analysis of Complex and Uncertain Systems," International Series in Operations Research and Management Science, Springer, number 978-0-387-89014-2, September.
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