This key collection addresses issues arising in biomedical and medical ethics ranging from assisted reproductive technologies to the role of clinical ethics committees. It examines broader societal issues with particular emphasis on sustainability and the environment and also focuses on issues of human rights in current global contexts.

Contents: Introduction, Jennifer Gunning, Søren Holm and Ian Kenway; Part I Ethical Issues in Agriculture and Food: Modern farming practices and animal welfare, Joyce D'Silva; Animal integrity in the modern farming world, Kate Millar and David Morton; CAP reforms: effects on agriculture and environment, Franz Sinabell and Erwin Schmid; The ethics of animal cloning, Mickey Gjerris, Christian Gamborg and Peter Sandøe; European food regulation and accountability: the interplay of influences shaping the new regulatory terrain, Samarthia Thankappan; Globalization and sustainability in agriculture: role of law and ethics, John Hodges; Production economics, markets and assurance programmes for farm animal welfare, Michael C. Appleby. Part II Bioethics: Puzzle-solving for fun and profit: the abusive potential of non-genetic health data in epidemiological biobanks, Anne Maria Skrikerud and Jon Grov; The ethical topogaphy of research biobanking, Jan Reinert Karlsen and Roger Strand; Fuzzy law encountering life, death and morality: a report on 9 clinical ethics committees' legal considerations, Reidar Pedersen and Reidun Førde; Bioethics, biopower and the post-genomic challenge, Kjetil Rommertveit; What's wrong with genetic inequality?, Claudio Tamburrini; Public and private interests in the genomic era: a pluralist approach, Margit Sutrop and Kadri Simm; Challenging science: public views of personalized medicine, Elisa Pieri; Therapeutic cloning and the protection of embryonic life: different approaches, different levels of protection – a view from the United Kingdom, Søren Holm; Informed consent, trust and virtue in Czech medicine, Jiri Simek, Eva Krizová, Lenka Zamykalová and Marie Mesanyová. Part III Ethics and Society: America and the case for just war against Iraq, Chris J. Dolan; Children in conflict: can the real child soldier please stand up?, Helen Brocklehurst; Ethical dimensions of youth justice, Rob Allen; Reproductive technologies and the question of the child's future freedom, Erik Malmqvist; Ethics, paediatric doping and the limits of Gillick consent, Mike McNamee; What protection do consumers require in the information economy?, Jane K. Winn; Justifying claims of state responsibility to meet the needs of irregular migrants: the problem with proceeding from human rights, Marit Hovdal Moan; Women workers in the global economy: a feminist critique of the core labour standards, Juanita Elias and Hayley Stevenson; Allocating health care resources: the role of personal responsibility, Alena M. Buyx; The responsibilities of health professionals in crisis situations, Michael Igoumenidis. Part IV Commentaries: Case commentary: Evans v. the United Kingdom, Natasha Hammond; The incident of the container ship MSC Napoli: is it an intractable problem?, Ho-Sam Bang; The (not so) great escape: the legal and moral responsibility for the Foot and Mouth outbreak 2007, Robert G. Lee; Ethics and the advent of the Holy Grail of stem cell research, Søren Holm; Index.

'Ethics, Law and Society Volume IV excellently captures the diversity of ethical concerns in today's societies. The book engages the spirit of lawyers, physicians and philosophers as well as political, natural and social scientists. Their sustained attempts at resolving difficult moral questions illustrates the importance of academics' passionate involvement with real life issues.' Doris Schroeder, University of Central Lancashire, UK and University of Melbourne, Australia