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Nascere e morire: quando decido io? Italia ed Europa a confronto

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Nascere e morire: quando decido io? Italia ed Europa a confronto

a cura di Baldini, Gianni; Soldano, Monica

Gianni Baldini is a lecturer in BioLaw at the University of Florence. His scientific interests are oriented prevalently towards issues of biolaw, the fundamental rights of the individual and civil responsibility at national and Community level. He is engaged in research projects on these matters under the aegis of the Ministry of Education and Research. A lawyer and consultant to patients' associations, he has pleaded some of the most controversial court cases connected with assisted fertilisation and the Law 40/04. He is a member of the Consulta Nazionale di Bioetica and of the association Liberididecidere.
Monica Soldano is a journalist specialised in the sphere of rights and bioethics. In 1998 she founded the non-profit association Madre Provetta, of which she is President, with the objective of pursuing a cultural and political investigation of the impact of biotechnologies on society, and of proposing a non-profit guidance service for infertile couples. She has written a number of monographs on the subject, as well as numerous articles. She is editor-in-chief of the online publication Vita di Donna; since 2003 she has been writing for l'Espresso and has collaborated with Radio Radicale since 2006.

Serie: Studi e saggi

This book continues the collaboration between the department of BioLaw of the University of Florence and the non-profit association Madre Provetta, to contribute to a project of study and research that can build towards a common European law on Bioethics. In view of the professional activity in which they are engaged, the authors are among the leading experts in their respective fields on the issues addressed. Biotechnologies have rendered both birth and death more complex, which explains why the approach must be multidisciplinary. In effect, the research ranges from the medical and scientific sphere to the fields of law, sociology and philosophy and through to the institutional dimension. The leitmotif is the responsibility and self-determination of the individual: an anthology addressing issues concerning the beginning and the end of life. Particular focus is placed on the aspect of legal update in the light of recent case law, which is increasingly called upon, on the one hand to lend support to the legislator, and on the other to adapt national legislation to the rules and principles emerging from the supranational and European institutions.