...it is well worth reading from cover to cover because one of the clearest messages of the book is that biotechnology raises a huge number of challenges across a range of hitherto discrete sub-categories of international law...a valuable contribution to the existing literature... David Leary Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 16 (2), 2007 ...a rich and well-assembled collection of writings...Francioni and Scovazzi's book displays the contributors' diverse knowledge of the many detailed and significant instruments and rules of international law relating to biotechnology, as well as their valuable insights into the directions which need to be explored in order to continue and reinforce the present positive trend toward improved international legal provision for the sustainable use of biodiversity and biotechnology. The book would make a valuable addition to libraries interested in acquisitions in this subject area. Caroline Foster New Zealand Law Journal October 2007 ...a timely and interesting illustration of the range of issues arising and still to be resolved in relation to biotech regulation, and the ethical, legal and institutional complexities involved in addressing them...is likely to be of great interest both to those who already have some understanding of the subject-matter, and as a critical introduction to current topics in international biotechnology regulation. Ruth Mackenzie Journal of Environmental Law Vol. 19 No. 3, (2007) ...a rich and well-assembled collection of writings New Zealand Law Journal