Court decisions in the biotechnoscience field: bioethics as a source of legitimacy

Authors

  • Maria Tedesco Vilardo Juíza de Direito na Comarca da Capital do Rio de Janeiro - Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2013.27.7516

Keywords:

judicial decision, judiciary, bioethics, biolaw

Abstract

This article was presented by qualification requirement of the doctoral thesis in Bioethics, Applied Ethics and Public Health. Are analyze three judgments cases with existential nature of bioethics. The methodology is documentary research on file for analysis and understanding of the concepts of life, health and freedom through legal discourse from Canguilhem's theory that works with the concepts of normal and pathological. Of the cases considered above we can infer the importance of bioethical theories for decisions not only concerned about the legality, but fair.

Author Biography

Maria Tedesco Vilardo, Juíza de Direito na Comarca da Capital do Rio de Janeiro - Brasil.

Doutoranda em Bioética, Ética Aplicada e Saúde Coletiva em associação da UERJ, UFRJ, UFF e FIOCRUZ. Juíza de Direito na Comarca da Capital do Rio de Janeiro.

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Published

2013-01-02

How to Cite

Tedesco Vilardo, M. (2013). Court decisions in the biotechnoscience field: bioethics as a source of legitimacy. Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, (27), 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2013.27.7516

Issue

2013: Núm. 27 - mar

Section

General section

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