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10 Transnat'l Law. 153 (1997)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes--Corporate Liability for the International Propagation of Genetically Altered Agricultural Products

handle is hein.journals/tranl10 and id is 161 raw text is: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? Corporate Liability for the International Propagation of Genetically Altered Agricultural Products Stephen Kelly Lewis* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................................ 154 II. BACKGROUND OF TRANSGENICS .................................. 155 A. The Scientific Process of Transgenics ......................... 156 B. Societal Benefits and Fears of Transgenic Crops .......... ...... 157 C. The International Business of Transgenics ..................... 162 IH. PROPAGATION: How TRANSGENICS CAN SPREAD .................... 163 A. Gene Transfer Through Natural Processes ..................... 164 B. Historical Transfers and Problems ........................... 166 C. Hypothetical Situation ..................................... 167 IV. CHOICE OF FORUM AND CHOICE OF LAW ISSUES ..................... 168 A. Choice of Forum ......................................... 169 B. Choice of Law ........................................... 170 V. FINDING CORPORATE LIABILITY .................................. 172 A. The International Regulatory Process ......................... 172 1. International Conventions: Regulations Which Recognize Transgenics .......................................... 173 2. A Judicial Decision: Finding A Comparable Scheme of Inter- national Liability ..................................... 175 B. Liability in the United States ................................ 178 1. Negligence Law in the United States ...................... 180 2. The Strict Liability Approach to Deliberate Release Liability ... 185 C. Liability in Japan ........................................ 188 D. Liability in Germany ...................................... 192 VI. CONCLUSION ................................................ 194 * J.D., McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, to be conferred 1998; B.A., Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1995. The author would like to give special thanks to Timothy Hurley, Instructor and Associate Director of Appellate Advocacy, McGeorge School of Law and Dr. Roger T. Chetelat, Curator, Tomato Resource Center, University of California, Davis.

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