Legal resources regarding the field of science and ethics

This section offers selected links to websites providing legal information with the focus on science and ethics. This field comprises a hughe range of disciplines of applied ethics. Despite this fact the field is dominated by websites concerned with bioethics and environmental ethics.

Science and Ethics in general

Codex

Alternative title
CODEX - rules and guidelines for research

URL
http://www.codex.vr.se/en/index.shtml

Provider
Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics

Description
The site provides information on research ethics in Swedish and English as well as access to relevant regulations and guidelines as full texts. Furthermore a comprehensive linklist is provided.

Languages
English, Swedish

Keywords
Legislation; Sweden; Europe; Research ethics; Bioethics; Professional ethics; Humanities; Natural sciences

Global Ethics Observatory Database 4: Ethics related Legislation and Guidelines

Alternative title
GEObs 4

URL
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/global-ethics-observatory/access-geobs/

Provider
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO)

Description
The GEObs 4 database provides selected legislation and guidelines concerned with ethical issues.

Languages
Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese,

Keywords
National legislation; Case law; Guidelines; Ethics

Global Ethics Observatory Database 5: Codes of Conduct

Alternative title
GEObs 5

URL
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/global-ethics-observatory/access-geobs/

Provider
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO)

Description
The GEObs 5 database provides selected codes of conduct within the field of ethics.

Languages
Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese,

Keywords
Professional Ethics; Codes of Ethics; Professional Guidelines; Europe; America; Asia and the Pacific; Africa

Global Research Ethics Map

Alternative title
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URL
https://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/live/gremap/index_main.cfm?CFID=4196004&CFTOKEN=75784661a>

Provider
Harvard School of Public Health

Description
The map provides information on Research Ethics in selected countries. The state of art is described and links to primary sources are provided where possible.

Languages
English

Keywords
Research ethics; Africa; Asia and the Pacific;

Ethics and Environment

ECOLEX

Alternative title
ECOLEX – the gateway to environmental law

URL
http://www.ecolex.org/ecolex/ledge/view/SimpleSearch;DIDPFDSIjsessionid=60C7101F722965E5FF094A6AAAF98108

Provider
FAO, IUCN and UNEP

Description
The site provides searchable databases providing access to legislation, treaties, court decisions, and literature on environmental law worldwide. Abstracts are provided as well as, where possible, links to full text documents.

Languages
English, French, Spanish

Keywords
Legislation; International law; Environment

European Environmental Law Network (EEL)

Alternative title
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URL
http://www.asser.nl/Default.aspx?site_id=7&level1=12216

Provider
The T.M.C. Asser Instituut

Description
The website provides legal information on environmental law comprising the national, European, and international level of environmental legislation. Selections of links to further information, e.g. laws in full text and relevant institutions, are provided.

Languages
English

Keywords
Environment; National legislation; Community law; International law; Case law; Europe;

The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW)

Alternative title
ELAW

URL
http://www.elaw.org/

Provider
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW)

Description
The website provides scientific and legal resources, sorted either by region or by topic, concerned with the environment and related issues. Legal resources comprise selected legislation and case law as well as scientific papers concerning these issues and are provided in full text.

Languages
English, Russian, Spanish

Keywords
Legislation; Case law; Europe; America; Africa; Asia and the Pacific; Environment; Ecology; Economics

Life Sciences and Bioethics

Bioethics Research Library

Alternative title
Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University

URL
http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/resources/findlegal/index.html

Provider
Bioethics Research Library. Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Georgetown University

Description
The site provides a searchable database on legal materials like court decisions, bills, laws, law review articles, and books. Where full texts are not available abstracts are provided.

Languages
English

Keywords
Legislation; Case law; USA; Bioethics

Bioethics Resources on the Web - Health law

Alternative title
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URL
http://bioethics.od.nih.gov/legal.html/

Provider
NHI

Description
Bioethics Resources on the Web provides a compilation of web links to bioethical information including links to legal resources.

Languages
English

Keywords
Bioethics; Medical and health legislation; North America

Biolaw Database

Alternative title
Bioethical and Legal Research Database

URL
http://www.biolaw-database.com/

Provider
Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine (CELAB)

Description
On its website the Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine (CELAB) provides access to bioethical and legal texts via a searchable database.

Languages
English

Keywords
Law; Europe, United States; Life sciences

Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries

Alternative title
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URL
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/biomed/guides/research/bioethics.html

Provider
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Description
The website provides links to bioethical resources like websites, organisations, or databases which are partly freely accessible, including the online catalouge of the library.

Languages
English

Keywords
Medicine; Biology; Environment; Genetics; Database

Genome.gov

Alternative title
National Human Genome Research Institute

URL
http://www.genome.gov/10001744

Provider
National Human Genome Research Institute

Description
The site provides comprehensive information on human genome research including links to bioethical online resources.

Languages
English

Keywords
Bioethics; Human genetics; Ethics of science

Hellenic Center for Biomedical Ethics (HCBE)

Alternative title
HCBE

URL
http://www.bioethics.org.gr/en/index2.html

Provider
Hellenic Center for Biomedical Ethics

Description
The website provides access to offical full text documents regarding issues of biomedical ethics like laws, guidelines, and discussion papers or opinions of various institutions worldwide. Furthermore the center provides a selective list of bioethical centers and hosts the Bioethics Committee of the Church of Greece.

Languages
English, Greece

Keywords
International law; Medical ethics; Europe; America; Africa; Asia and the Pacific

HumGen

Alternative title
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URL
http://www.humgen.org/int/index_lang.cfm?lang=1

Provider
HumGen

Description
The website provides access to the searchable database GenBiblio containing legislation, ethical codes, recommendations, and professional guidelines from different countries concerning the ethical, legal, and social issues in human genetics.

Languages
English, Spanish, French

Keywords
National legislation; Case law; Europe; America; Asia and the Pacific; Africa; Human genetics

Privileged. Privacy in law, ethics and genetic data

Alternative title
Determining the Ethical and Legal Interests in Privacy and Data Protection for Research Involving the Use of Genetic Databases and Bio-banks

URL
http://www.privileged.group.shef.ac.uk/

Provider
Privileged consortium

Description
The website provides information in regard to privacy issues in law and ethics in regard to genetic data. respective legislation of various countries is provided.

Languages
English

Keywords
National legislation; Privacy; Europe;

Privireal

Alternative title
PRIVIREAL. Privacy in Research Ethics and Law.

URL
http://www.privireal.org/

Provider
Privileged consortium

Description
The website provides information in regard to privacy and data protection issues around Europe.

Languages
English

Keywords
National legislation; data protection; Europe;