Abstract

CORNEJO PLAZA, María Isabel. Legal nature of International Bioethical Regulations. Rev. Bioética y Derecho [online]. 2015, n.34, pp.26-36. ISSN 1886-5887.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1344/rbd2015.34.12064.

For lawyers it is essential to establish the legal nature of the institutions that they investigate, since there are many legal effects that derive from it. In this line, most bioethical declarations do not have the status of international treaties, and it is valid to inquire about their true effectiveness. In order to do this it is necessary determine their legal nature. This paper attempts to establish whether it is possible to consider bioethical declarations as general principles of law and what is the effectiveness of supporting this thesis within domestic legal system.

Keywords : regulations; legal nature; principle; bioethics; biolaw; soft law.

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