Research Institute of Jurisprudence and Humanities
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Human genetics, as one of the most prominent emerging fields of biotechnology, has in recent decades—alongside remarkable scientific advances—been accompanied by a wide range of complex medical, social, ethical, legal, and jurisprudential (fiqh-related) issues. The diversity and dispersion of these issues underscore the pressing need for a systematic model capable of identifying, organizing, and structurally analyzing them within a coherent structure. The present study aims to articulate a structured model of the problem system in human genetics and to propose an integrated framework for understanding and examining the internal relationships between the scientific dimensions and the jurisprudential–legal aspects of this field.
This research employs qualitative content analysis within an interdisciplinary approach and examines an extensive body of scientific sources, including peer-reviewed articles, specialized scholarly works, academic conferences, and policy reports.
The findings of the study indicate that issues in human genetics can be organized within a multi-layered and coherent structure. This structure begins with the established scientific classifications of human genetics, including molecular, medical, population, behavioral, comparative, and environmental genetics, and extends beyond the mere identification of philosophical, ethical, social, economic, and psychological issues. Specifically, it emphasizes clarifying the relationship between scientific findings and the jurisprudential and legal challenges and issues arising from contemporary genetic technologies and techniques.
Accordingly, the study developed a comprehensive system of jurisprudential and legal issues in human genetics based on a systematic integration between scientific data and jurisprudential and legal foundations. This framework can serve as a strategic model for the design and development of the academic discipline of “Biotechnology Jurisprudence.” Key topics within this discipline, in addition to methodological issues related to ijtihād, legal status, and general and specific jurisprudential rules of human genetics, include the jurisprudence of governance and regulatory authority, material and intellectual property rights, as well as contractual matters and the jurisprudential and legal relationships among individuals.
This research employs qualitative content analysis within an interdisciplinary approach and examines an extensive body of scientific sources, including peer-reviewed articles, specialized scholarly works, academic conferences, and policy reports.
The findings of the study indicate that issues in human genetics can be organized within a multi-layered and coherent structure. This structure begins with the established scientific classifications of human genetics, including molecular, medical, population, behavioral, comparative, and environmental genetics, and extends beyond the mere identification of philosophical, ethical, social, economic, and psychological issues. Specifically, it emphasizes clarifying the relationship between scientific findings and the jurisprudential and legal challenges and issues arising from contemporary genetic technologies and techniques.
Accordingly, the study developed a comprehensive system of jurisprudential and legal issues in human genetics based on a systematic integration between scientific data and jurisprudential and legal foundations. This framework can serve as a strategic model for the design and development of the academic discipline of “Biotechnology Jurisprudence.” Key topics within this discipline, in addition to methodological issues related to ijtihād, legal status, and general and specific jurisprudential rules of human genetics, include the jurisprudence of governance and regulatory authority, material and intellectual property rights, as well as contractual matters and the jurisprudential and legal relationships among individuals.
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Keywords: Human genetics, comprehensive system of issues, scientific challenges, jurisprudential issues, bioethics.
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