Nanotechnology Oversight and Regulation—Just Do It

摘要

The emergence of nanotechnology in the early part of this century has presented a host of regulatory challenges. Effective governance is complicated by the range of materials and methods implicated in nanotechnology itself as well as a lack of political will to devise regulatory strategies for this new technology. In this Article, Prof. Jennifer Kuzma explains the particular complications of nanotechnology regulation and suggests that creating new laws and institutions might not be the best solution to nanotechnology regulatory reform. Rather, she argues, nanotechnology regulation must be prioritized, and may be accomplished using legal structures that are already in place.