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School of Theory of Law and Comparative Law
Faculty of Law
School of Theory of Law and Comparative Law
Contacts

Moscow, 3 Bolshoy Trekhsvyatitelsky Pereulok, room 452

Administration
Sergey Nagikh
School Head – Sergey Nagikh
Andrey Bystrov
Deputy Head – Andrey Bystrov
About the School

The School of General and Interdisciplinary Legal Studies was established in 2018 when the leading departments of the Faculty of Law were merged: the Theory and History of Law; Labor Law and Social Security Law; and International Public and Private Law. The School’s faculty currently includes 70 highly qualified specialists in various fields of law, including the theory of law, the history of law, information law, labour law, social security law, sports law, public international law, and private international law.

The School provides a rigorous course of study comparable to that of the world's leading universities. Our mission is to intellectually enrich and challenge students while taking their respective areas of study and professional aspirations into account. 

Publications
Book
Law Reforms Around the World: Perspectives from National and International Law

Poldnikov D., Li Z., Kyung S. P. et al.

Abingdon: Routledge, 2023.

Article
Thomas Nagel's theory of justice

Dmitry Balashov.

Russian Sociological Review. 2023. Vol. 22. No. 4. P. 83-106.

Book chapter
Legal semiotics and types of arguments in human rights cases in Russia

Anita Soboleva.

In bk.: Research Handbook on Legal Semiotics. Research Handbooks in Legal Theory series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. Ch. 17. P. 254-266.

Working paper
Introducing Patent Linkage in Russia: An Odd Choice at Odd Times

Gavrilova O., Kotova D.

BRICS Competition Law and Policy Series. WP 22. Higher School of Economics, 2021

All publications

Bioethics: The Law, Medicine, and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies and Genetics

2021/2022
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
3
ECTS credits
Delivered by:
School of Theory of Law and Comparative Law
Type:
Optional course (faculty)
When:
3 module

Instructors

Dzgoeva, Fatima

Dzgoeva, Fatima

Chernyaeva, Daria

Chernyaeva, Daria

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

In this course students shall study legal and ethical questions surrounding reproductive technology, medicine, and human genetics. Bioethics provides an overview of the legal, medical, and ethical questions around reproduction and human genetics and how to apply legal reasoning to these questions. This law course includes interviews with individuals who have used surrogacy and sperm donation, with medical professionals who are experts in current reproductive technologies like In Vitro Fertilization and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, and bioethicists and journalists who study the ownership and use of genetic information within human tissue. The content within this course is intended to be instructive, and show how legal reasoning has been applied, or could be applied, to questions related to parenthood, reproduction, and other issues surrounding human genetic material. MOOC: Bioethics: The Law, Medicine, and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies and Genetics (https://www.edx.org/course/bioethics-the-law-medicine-and-ethics-of-reproduct)
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The aim of this course is to introduce students to the main approaches in the field of legal and ethical regulations of reproductive technologies.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Acquainted with ethical and legal issues raised by human enhancement;
  • Acquainted with the law and ethics of sperm donation and the legal status of sperm donors;
  • Knows the landmark wrongful birth and wrongful life lawsuits;
  • Knows the law and ethics of mixing human and animal genetic material;
  • Understands how the reproductive technology industry works, and issues raised related to buying and selling human reproductive materials;
  • Understands the main approaches to the ownership of human tissue and its underlying genetic information.
  • Versed in the law and ethics of surrogacy;
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • 1. Buying and Selling Reproductive Materials
  • 2. Surrogacy
  • 3. Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth
  • 4. Sperm and Egg Donation
  • 5. Sperm Donor Anonymity
  • 6. Enhancement
  • 7. Human-Animal Hybrids and Patent of Human Genetic Material
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Final Test
    Final Test - Smart LMS (online) - 10 questions from programme.
  • non-blocking MOOC Final Grade
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 3rd module
    0.3 * Final Test + 0.7 * MOOC Final Grade
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Campbell, A. V. (2017). Bioethics: The Basics (Vol. Second edition). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1544125
  • Singer, P., Schüklenk, U., & Kuhse, H. (2016). Bioethics : An Anthology (Vol. Third edition). Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1083380

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Baylis, F., & Dreger, A. D. (2018). Bioethics in Action. Cambridge [UK]: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1737937