Bernstein Lecture 2017 | Daphne Barak-Erez, Battles of Reproductive Technologies: Comparative Tales

Justice Daphne Barak-Erez, Justice on the Supreme Court of Israel, delivers the Annual Bernstein Lecture in Comparative Law titled "Battles of Reproductive Technologies: Comparative Tales." The lecture addresses landmark cases on controversies in the area of IVF law, using examples and models from several jurisdictions, thus exploring the potential contribution of comparative analysis to this area of law. More specifically, the analysis distinguishes between two "types" of litigation in this field - horizontal (between two private parties) and vertical (between individuals and the State) - mainly focusing on horizontal litigation and pointing to the judicial approaches used in this context, as well as to the relatively modest contribution of legislation to this area of law.

Introductions: Dean David F. Levi, Professor Ralf Michaels.

Co-sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law and the Office of the Dean.

Related paper: Daphne Barak-Erez, IVF Battles: Legal Categories and Comparative Tales, 28 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 247-272 (2018)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/djcil/vol28/iss2/2