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Dr. Amani's research interests relate to the regulation of genetics and new technologies, and regulatory and ethical issues of medical/scientific research and its commercialization.
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Dr. Amani's research interests relate to the regulation of genetics and new technologies, and regulatory and ethical issues of medical/scientific research and its commercialization.
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Queen's University
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Dr. Amani's research interests include Intellectual Property Law (domestic and International), regulating genetics and new technologies, biopiracy and protection of traditional and cultural knowledge, regulatory and ethical issues of medical/scientific research and its commercialization, globalization and social justice, international law, regulatory diversity, torts, as well as human, indigenous and cultural rights, law and public policy, and international governance.

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Dr. Amani is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University. She received her B.A. with Distinction from York, her LL.B. from Osgoode Hall, and herDoctor of Juridical Science from the University of Toronto. She is co-instructor and co-coordinator of the International Aspects of Intellectual Property Course and does policy and consulting for the Subcommittee to the Advisory Committee on Predictive Genetic Technologies, the National Network on Environments and Women's Health, the Department of Justice and the Status of Women Canada, and the Ministry of the Attorney General, Office of the Legislative Counsel (E-laws project).
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"Patents on Genes: Identifying Issues and Responses" (with Lisa Austin) in Trudo Lemmens et. al. Reading the Future?: Legal and Ethical Challenges of Predictive Genetic Testing (Montreal: Editions Themis, 2007)
"The Human Genome Diversity Project: The Politics of Patents at the Intersection of Race, Religion, and Research Ethics” (co-authored with Rosemary Coombe). Law and Policy (Law, Technology, and Development Special Issue). 2005. 27(1):159-195.
"What's Wrong With Intellectual Property Rights?: And the Public Interest in Privatizing Our Common Genetic Heritage " 2007. Queen's Legal Studies Research Working Paper No. 07-06
"The Human Genome Diversity Project: The Politics of Patents at the Intersection of Race, Religion, and Research Ethics” Law & Policy. 2005. 27(1):152-188.
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