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Preface
ThepresentbookisthefourthvolumeoftheseriesStudiesinthePhilosophy
ofLawwhichhasappearedsince2001.Theprevioustwovolumeshadamono-
graphiccharacter,thelastonebeingdevotedtothetopicoftheeconomicanaly-
sisoflawandpublishedinEnglish.Thepresentvolumealsohasamonographic
characterandconcernsvariousissuesofbioethics,lawandphilosophy.
Thevolumeisapartofaresearchproject"Biojurisprudence”pursuedfrom
2007through2010bytheDepartmentofPhilosophyofLawandLegalEthics
attheJagiellonianUniversityandsponsoredbythePolishMinistryofScience
andHigherEducation.Withintheprojectourteamhaspublishedmanyartic-
les,monographsandeditedworks.OnemonographEvolutionaryFoundations
ofLawwaswrittenbyDr.WojciechZałuskiandwaspublishedinbothPolish
andEnglishin2009.Wehavealsopreparedthemonograph,ParadoxesofLegal
Bioethicstogetherwhichisforthcomingthisyear.Furthermore,wehaveprepa-
redabookwhichisacollectionofvariouspaperspresentedattheinternational
Symposium"LawandBiology”organizedbyourDepartmentinDecember2009.
ThisvolumeconsistsofvariousessayswrittenbyscholarsfromItaly,USA
andPoland.Halfofthepapersincludedinthevolumewerepresentedduringthe
23rdIVRWorldCongressofLegalandSocialPhilosophyheldinKrakowin2007
inthespecialworkshoporganizedandsupervisedbyDr.MartaSoniewickaand
Dr.WojciechZałuski.Wewouldliketowarmlythankallparticipantsinthewor-
kshopandallthosewhoacceptedourinvitationtocontributetothisvolume.We
wouldalsoliketothankAeddanShawwhohasdoneanexcellentjobinediting
allofthetextsandtranslatingtwoofthemintoEnglish.
WehopetocontinuepublishingtheStudiesinPhilosophyofLawandinvite
allthoseinterestedincooperationtocontributeinthefuture.
Krakow,January2010
JerzyStelmach
MartaSoniewicka
WojciechZałuski