The ethical and legal consideration of the problems and conflicts relating to emerging technologies and their application to living beings and the environment, has become commonplace in the present. For those facing what we know as issues of bioethics should know what the law says about it. In a plural society, when faced conflicting positions, it is necessary to know the legal framework to resolve the issue. When you discover that this framework is inadequate or obsolete will need to put in question and work for change; but it is always necessary to know.  With this book and accompanying CD legal texts that make up the regulatory framework for decision-making in the field of bioethics are provided. It has paid particular attention to the regulation that exists in the Council of Europe and the European Union as Member countries promote the establishment of harmonized legislation. The work also includes the most significant examples of jurisprudence, as the challenges and dilemmas of large cases marked from the beginning bioethical reflection.  The regulations and case selection also features its special significance existing regulations in some Latin American countries such as Argentina, Chile and Mexico; and in future editions they will also incorporate the regulations of other countries.  Therefore, this work is an essential for the treatment of bioethical issues tool. With its careful selection rules and case law provides criteria for reflection on these issues and provides guidelines to frame the conflict is now considering the application of biotechnology and biomedicine.  Maria Casado is a doctor of law, Professor of Philosophy of Law and Director of the Center for Bioethics and Law Observatory of the University of Barcelona and Master of the same name Research.  Salvador Darío Bergel is Professor of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Professor of Law at the University of Buenos Aires.  Gonzalo Figueroa Yanez is Professor of Civil Law at the University of Chile and director of research at the Universidad Diego Portales.  Mariana Dobernig is coordinator of law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico.  Ana Sánchez Urrutia is Professor of Constitutional Law and coordinator of the Campus Master of Bioethics and Law at the University of Barcelona.  They participate in the work of the Observatory of Bioethics and Law Research Center Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona Science Park, and are members of the group set about the Master of Bioethics and Law at the UB and the Network for Teaching joint Bioethics of ALFA Programme of the European Union