Trade in biotechnology : precaution and paralysis. A critical analysis of the law regulating trade in genetically modified organisms, from a South African perspective

With the dawn of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's),1 humanity discovered the pathway to a future which before, only science-fiction movies had contemplated. GMO technology has made it possible to engineer plants, animals and other organisms to bear specific, desired characteristics, by manipulating the genetic structure of the organism in question, making it capable of unprecedented commercial use and humanitarian benefit in the form and manner desired by the genetic engineer. GMO's can possess properties which make them cheaper and easier to produce, or make them capable of specific functions – from rendering consumer products more attractive, to alleviating hunger in desperately poor areas.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Commercial Law

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Hennessy, Candace Natasha

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Kinderlerer, Julian
• Milius, Djims

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4632

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4632