"Prof. Tokarczyk, one of the most prolific Polish writers in the field of law and political science, has proved once again that he does not hesitate to break new ground and present his fellow scholars with innovative ideas and theories. We all know that many secrets of birth, life, and death have recently been penetrated by an ever more intrusive technology whose development during our lifetime is unparalleled in history. What was sacred yesterday is made subject to unflinching scrutiny today. But at the same time, many causes of death and suffering have been eliminated or rendered less acute. The progress of any human activity calls for prompt regulation by law. A great number of statutes and judicial decisions have dealt in recent years with problems of birth, life, and death. Prof. Tokarczyk calls for a systematization of the legal response to the progress of technology, and he promotes the recognition of a separate branch of the law under the name of biojurisprudence and biolaw. The author points out that the artificial interference into the natural process of life cannot be regulated by mere abstract, legal speculations. The invasion by the ever more investigative human mind of the hitherto impenetrable depths of creation, existence, and oblivion raises philosophical, moral, and religious problems from which it cannot be disassociated. We must agree with Prof. Tokarczyk that one of the most important tasks of legal regulation is the prohibition of risky experiments that may bring about unforeseeable results. In most cases, this will be linked with biology, medicine, and sometimes with psychiatry. In the hands of some immoral political governments, the legal norms they introduce may tend to discriminate against large groups of people for racial, national, ethnic, religious, or other reasons..." ! Uwagi: Oprawa lekko zarysowana i zabrudzona. Brzegi stron minimalnie zakurzone. Książka posiada adnotacje pisemną.