Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetically modified organisms and the public : participation, preferences, and protest / Luc Bodiguel and Michael Cardwell -- The importance and limits of cost-benefit analysis in the regulation of genetically modified organisms / Christophe Charlier and Egizio Valceschini -- Genetically modified organisms and risk / Karen Morrow -- The European Union regulatory regime for genetically modified organisms and its integration into community food law and policy / Marine Friant-Perrot -- Multi-level governance of genetically modified organisms in the European Union : ambiguity and hierarchy / Maria Lee -- Coexistence of genetically modified, conventional, and organic crops in the European Union : the community framework / Margaret Rosso Grossman -- Co-existence of genetically modified, conventional, and organic crops in the European Union : national implementation / Luc Bodiguel ... [et al.] -- Implementing the community environmental liability directive and the problem of unknown risk / Christopher Rodgers -- Genetically modified organisms in Africa : regulating a threat or an opportunity / Fikremarkos Merso Birhanu --The coexistence of genetically modified and non-genetically modified agriculture in Canada : a courtroom drama / Jane Matthews Glenn -- Genetically modified organisms in Mercosur / Rosario Silva Gilli -- Genetically modified crops and food in the United States : the federal regulatory framework, state measures, and liability in tort / Margaret Rosso Grossman -- The EC-biotech decision : another missed opportunity? / Joseph McMahon -- The regulation of genetically modified organisms and international law : a call for generality / Duncan French.