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The Concept of Human Rights in the UDHR and the Rule of Law for the World Today (2023)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D., & Pattinson, S. (2023). The Concept of Human Rights in the UDHR and the Rule of Law for the World Today. In M. Dahlin, J. Garland, A.-S. Lind, A. Singer, & S. Slokenberga (Eds.), Festskrift till Elisabeth Rynning: Integritet och rättssäkerhet inom och bortom den medicinska rätten (41–55). Iustus

Punitive and Preventive Justice in an Era of Profiling, Smart Prediction and Practical Preclusion: Three Key Questions (2019)
Journal Article
Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2019). Punitive and Preventive Justice in an Era of Profiling, Smart Prediction and Practical Preclusion: Three Key Questions. International Journal of Law in Context, 15(2), 198-218. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1744552319000120

In the context of a technology-driven algorithmic approach to criminal justice, this paper responds to the following three questions: (1) what reasons are there for treating liberal values and human rights as guiding for punitive justice; (2) is prev... Read More about Punitive and Preventive Justice in an Era of Profiling, Smart Prediction and Practical Preclusion: Three Key Questions.

Legal Issues Concerning Regulation of Chimeras and Hybrids (2018)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D. (in press). Legal Issues Concerning Regulation of Chimeras and Hybrids. In J. Taupitz, & M. Weschka (Eds.), CHIMBRIDS - Chimeras and Hybrids in Comparative European and International Research: Scientific, Ethical, Philosophical and Legal Aspects (645-666). Springer Verlag

EU, Norway and NAS Law Report Framework. (2018)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D., & Townend, D. (in press). EU, Norway and NAS Law Report Framework. In D. Beyleveld, D. Townend, S. Rouille-Mirza, & J. Wright (Eds.), The Data Protection Directive and Medical Research Across Europe (115-123). Ashgate Publishing

UK: Case 1-10 according to UK law (2018)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D. (in press). UK: Case 1-10 according to UK law. In J. Taupitz, & M. Weschka (Eds.), CHIMBRIDS - Chimeras and Hybrids in Comparative European and International Research: Scientific, Ethical, Philosophical and Legal Aspects (847-853). Springer Verlag

Making sense of human dignity (2018)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D. (in press). Making sense of human dignity. In J. Coggon, S. Chan, S. Holm, & T. Kushner (Eds.), From reason to practice in bioethics: An anthology dedicated to the works of John Harris. Manchester University Press

Inclusive governance over agricultural biotechnology: risk assessment and public participation (2017)
Journal Article
Beyleveld, D., & Jianjun, L. (2017). Inclusive governance over agricultural biotechnology: risk assessment and public participation. Law, Innovation and Technology, 9(2), 301-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2017.1377908

A public outcry opposing the use of genetic modification of rice has produced a governance deadlock in China, which threatens to undermine attempts to reap the benefits that modern agricultural biotechnology can offer to the Chinese people. It is arg... Read More about Inclusive governance over agricultural biotechnology: risk assessment and public participation.

Sheffield Natural Law School (2017)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D. (2017). Sheffield Natural Law School. In M. Sellers, & P. Kirste (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the philosophy of law and social philosophy (1-18). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_58-1

“The Sheffield Natural Law School” (SNLS) designates the work of a group of scholars influenced by Beyleveld and Brownsword (1986), who use the moral theory of Gewirth (1978), according to which the Principle of Generic Consistency (PGC) (see below)... Read More about Sheffield Natural Law School.

Transcendental Arguments for a Categorical Imperative as Arguments from Agential Self-Understanding (2017)
Book Chapter
Beyleveld, D. (2017). Transcendental Arguments for a Categorical Imperative as Arguments from Agential Self-Understanding. In J. P. Brune, R. Stern, & M. H. Werner (Eds.), Transcendental arguments in moral theory (141-159). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110470215-008

This chapter construes Kant’s contention that a categorical imperative is a synthetic a priori principle as equivalent to Gewirth’s claim that such an imperative is a dialectically necessary principle (a strict requirement of agential self-understand... Read More about Transcendental Arguments for a Categorical Imperative as Arguments from Agential Self-Understanding.

Morality in Intellectual Property Law: A Concept-Theoretic Framework (2016)
Journal Article
Adcock, M., & Beyleveld, D. (2016). Morality in Intellectual Property Law: A Concept-Theoretic Framework. Intellectual property rights. Open access, 4(1), Article 154. https://doi.org/10.4172/2375-4516.1000154

This paper presents a ‘concept-theoretic’ position on the relationship between law and morality in any legal system that includes respect for human rights as a fundamental principle of the legal validity of its rules. With European Union law (EU law)... Read More about Morality in Intellectual Property Law: A Concept-Theoretic Framework.

Korsgaard v. Gewirth on Universalization: Why Gewirthians are Kantians and Kantians Ought to be Gewirthians (2015)
Journal Article
Beyleveld, D. (2015). Korsgaard v. Gewirth on Universalization: Why Gewirthians are Kantians and Kantians Ought to be Gewirthians. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 12(5), 573-597. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-4681026

Christine Korsgaard claims that Gewirth’s argument for morality fails to demonstrate that there is a categorically binding principle on action because it operates with the assumption that reasons for action are essentially private. This attribution i... Read More about Korsgaard v. Gewirth on Universalization: Why Gewirthians are Kantians and Kantians Ought to be Gewirthians.