THE SUPERIOR INTEREST OF THE HUMAN BEING AND EUGENICS – THEORETICAL AND JURISPRUDENTIAL APPROACH Cover Image

INTERESUL SUPERIOR AL FIINŢEI UMANE ŞI PRACTICILE EUGENICE – DIN PERSPECTIVĂ TEORETICĂ ŞI JURISPRUDENŢIALĂ
THE SUPERIOR INTEREST OF THE HUMAN BEING AND EUGENICS – THEORETICAL AND JURISPRUDENTIAL APPROACH

Author(s): Roxana Matefi
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law
Published by: Universul Juridic
Keywords: eugenics; human being; superior interest; genetic improvement; controversy;

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses a controversial issue, namely the eugenics, whose evolution faced a radical change, mainly in terms of legal regulations. Being introduced as a notion in 1883 by the English sociologist and psychologist, Francis Galon, the concept has much older roots, and it could be briefly defined as the practices aiming to genetically improve of human beings.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 115-120
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian
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