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It seems that the implementation of the rights recognised by legislators and courts in the context of late-term abortion and medical aid in dying are, in practice, problematic. Indeed, we are currently in an era where the law places great importance on individual autonomy in the medical field, but where practices and other normativities considerably limit this autonomy. It is therefore appropriate to take a critical look at the concept of autonomy in the context of late-term abortion and medical aid in dying. These observations raise questions about the role and limits of state law when transposed into a clinical context, as well as about the lack of attention paid by the law to the recipients of the norm. The challenge is to ensure that the different norms and values coexist so that the decision-making mechanisms reflect a genuine concern for living together. ; Il semble que la mise en œuvre des droits reconnus par les législateurs et les tribunaux en contexte d'avortement tardif et d'aide médicale à mourir connaît, en pratique, un problème d'effectuation. En effet, nous nous trouvons actuellement dans une ère où le droit accorde énormément d'importance à l'autonomie individuelle dans le domaine médical, mais où les pratiques et les autres normativités viennent considérablement limiter cette autonomie. Il convient, dès lors, de poser un regard critique sur le concept d'autonomie en contexte d'avortement tardif et d'aide médicale à mourir. Ces constats soulèvent des questionnements sur le rôle et les limites du droit étatique lorsque transposé en contexte clinique, ainsi que sur le peu d'attention que porte le droit aux destinataires de la norme. Le défi consiste alors à faire cohabiter les différentes normes et valeurs afin que les mécanismes de prises de décisions traduisent un souci réel d'assurer le vivre ensemble.

Intellectual property rights, including patents, structure innovation and allocate the benefits and costs of innovation. The article describes four deficiencies in understanding these rights regarding biotechnology patents. The authors contend that: 1) different disciplines possess assumptions about the working of patents that are based neither in fact nor in theory, 2) the fragmented approach to analyzing intellectual property rights leads to research results that can be misleading, and 3) the national and international property policy is often formed based on these incomplete or misleading research results. To address these deficiencies, the authors are currently developing a transdisciplinary approach to intellectual property rights, which uses a set of seven transdisciplinary and evaluative probes based on the results of research conducted to date, outlined here. The article also describes how this approach provides a more comprehensive analysis of patent systems to help academics and policy-makers examine the operation of patent systems in their social contexts.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded, stark social inequalities have increasingly been revealed and, in many cases, been exacerbated by the global health crisis. This book explores these inequalities, identifying three thematic strands: power and governance, gender and marginalized communities. By examining these three themes in relation to the effects of the pandemic, the book uncovers how unequal the pandemic truly is. It brings together invaluable insights from a range of international scholars across multiple disciplines to critically analyse how these inequalities have played out in the context of COVID-19 as a first step towards achieving social justice