"Nanotechnology Law" by John Monica was just published this week by West/Thomson/Reuters, the world’s leading legal publisher. The book is the first comprehensive legal text on nanotechnology and weighs in at a healthy 900 pages. The table of contents is here. The book is divided into ten informative chapters:
- Nanotechnology Introduction
- National Nanotechnology Initiative and Federal Development Efforts
- Potential Nano-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Concerns
- Nanotechnology Environmental Regulatory Issues
- Nano-Related Food and Drug Regulatory Issues
- Nanoscale Materials in the Workplace
- Nano-Consumer Products and Insurance Issues
- Municipal, Regional, and State Development and Regulation of Nanotechnology
- Nanotechnology Standards and Nomenclature
- Nano-Intellectual Property Landscape
More information can be found here.