Janne Rothmar Herrmann

De juridiske metoder – ti bud giver en systematisk indføring i de mange forskellige metoder, der bruges i retsvidenskaben og i den juridiske praksis. Dermed bryder bogen med idéen om, at der kun findes én juridisk metode. Med udgangspunkt i konkrete og illustrative eksempler introducerer bogen ti forskellige juridiske metoder og beskriver, hvordan de kan bruges til at studere og forstå forskellige juridiske og retsvidenskabelige problemer. Ved at tydeliggøre den gode brug af juridiske metoder vil De juridiske metoder – ti bud især være relevant og brugbar for jurastuderende, der arbejder selvstændigt med retlige og retsvidenskabelige problemstillinger. Bogen vil desuden være relevant for studerende, forskere og undervisere inden for andre fag, hvis arbejde ofte kommer i berøring med juraen. Endelig vil bogen også være relevant for praktikere, der har et ønske om at holde sig opdateret om metodiske udviklinger inden for juraen. De juridiske metoder – ti bud er skrevet af juridiske forskere og undervisere med særlig ekspertise inden for de forskellige metoder, der fremlægges og diskuteres i de enkelte kapitler.

Bioretlig regulering og bioetiske normer har stor betydning for menneskers liv. I hvilken udstrækning, vi som borgere har adgang til for eksempel abort, fertilitetsbehandling, prænatal diagnostik og organdonation, kan have dybe konsekvenser for vores liv og livskvalitet. Derfor er det temaer, hvor ret og etik i udpræget grad kører parløb. Etikken spiller en rolle i etableringen af lovene og kan kvalificere retspolitiske overvejelser om reguleringens indhold, når den gældende lovgivning inden for de bioretlige områder bliver udfordret. Bogen er skrevet til jurastuderende, filosofistuderende og andre, der interesserer sig for samspillet mellem ret og etik inden for en række aktuelle tematikker. Forfatterne er Janne Rothmar Herrmann, professor i sundhedsret på Københavns Universitet, og Thomas Søbirk Petersen, professor i etik på Roskilde Universitet.Janne Rothmar Herrmann er professor i sundhedsret på Københavns Universitet, hvor hun underviser i bl.a. bioret. Hun er medlem af Udvalget for en mere værdig død og tidligere medlem af Dataetisk Råd og Nordisk Komité for Bioetik.Thomas Søbirk Petersen er professor i etik på Roskilde Universitet, hvor han forsker i anvendt etik, herunder bl.a. medicinsk etik og retsfilosofi. Han er medlem af Udvalget for en mere værdig død og tidligere medlem af Det Etiske Råd.

'Health and human rights' is an important dimension of international and European human rights and health law. It is multi-disciplinary, engaging scholars and practitioners of public health and medicine, as well as legal scholars and human rights lawyers. Taking a 'health and human rights approach' means applying international, regional and domestic human rights law to a wide range of health-related issues. Human rights law informs other areas of law that engage with health issues, including international and domestic health law, biolaw and bioethics, patients' rights, and environmental law. It brings a new, and often more international, as well as a moral dimension to existing legal analyses of health issues. This is essential in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world, where health concerns are omnipresent and can no longer be addressed solely at a domestic level. This book focuses on the legal interfaces between 'health' and 'human rights', taking both a global as well as a European approach. Globally, there are tremendous challenges when it comes to the protection of collective and individual health. Such challenges include weak (primary) healthcare systems, the spread of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, and the increase of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), as well as the health effects of air pollution and climate change. In such settings, human rights can, potentially, play an important role in protecting the rights of vulnerable individuals. It is a compelling framework for assessing these and other questions in the health field, as it couples health-related problems with a legal and moral dimension. The international recognition and definition of the 'right to health' is at the centre of this, but there are many other relevant human rights standards, including the right to life, the right to respect for privacy and family life, and the right to have access to information. International case law in the health field has made its mark when it comes to matters like access to health services, abortion, and inhuman and degrading treatment in health settings. Increasingly, links are being sought between human rights and other international standards protecting health, in particular the standards adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO). The European context is, to some extent, a region sui generis, not only in terms of health issues and health outcomes, but also from a political and legal perspective. The authoritative case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) of the Council of Europe has increasingly touched upon health-related issues. Health and Human Rights brings together contributions from human rights and health law experts from three different countries in Northern Europe. Together, the chapters give a rich account of the legal and interdisciplinary aspects and perspectives related to 'health and human rights'. This book is of interest to lecturers, students, practitioners and law- and policymakers and offers up-to-date analyses of crucial human rights issues in modern healthcare, practices and regulations in Europe and beyond.

Reproduction has entered a new ice age: the ability to cryopreserve reproductive cells, tissue and embryos are fundamentally changing our understanding of what it means to be a reproductive citizen. This book explores the ways in which visions of desirable reproductive futures entangle with advances in freezing technologies, with the authors situating their discussions of cryo-fertility within the Scandinavian region, asking: • How does cryopreservation help mobilize particular understandings of reproductive time, reproductive rights and reproductive autonomy? • What values are embedded within Scandinavian laws that seek to regulate cryo-technologies? • How are frozen states enacted in clinical settings and how do the women and men who freeze imagine the preservation of reproductive parts? These questions demand a collaborative approach. The authors empirically cut across the arenas of bioethics/law, practices/experiences, and culture/commerce in order to pin down often complex and far-reaching answers.