Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

Pacing Law with Emerging Technologies

Date and Time
Friday, October 31, 2014 - 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location
Rubenstein 200, Duke University West Campus

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As part of the Laws that Learn series, Gary Marchant (Arizona State University Law School) will lead a seminar entitled, “Pacing Law with Emerging Technologies: The Example of Nanotechnology” noon to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 31.

Professor Marchant’s research interests include the use of genetic information in environmental regulation, risk and the precautionary principle, legal aspects of personalized medicine, and regulation of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, neuroscience and biotechnology. He teaches courses in Environmental Law, Law, Science & Technology, Genetics and the Law, Biotechnology: Science, Law and Policy, and Nanotechnology Law & Policy. He was named a Regents’ Professor in 2011 and also is a professor in ASU’s School of Life Sciences.

This event is cosponsored by Rethinking Regulation @ KIE, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, and the Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology.