Legal Protection of Genetic and Genomic Information in Genomic Legal Relationship: A Civil Law Aspect

Genetic and genomic information has enormous potential. In the near future; such information may be determined as an integral part of the world order in general; and the legal order in particular. The author examines the modern theory of legal relations; applying it to genomic legal relations regarding genetic and genomic information and methods of protecting such information. The author examines the mechanism of civil law protection to identify those legal means by which it is possible to ensure legal protection of genetic and genomic information. The research is aimed at studying the mechanism and illustrating the legal means of ensuring the protection of genetic and genomic information.