Staff profile

Deryck Beyleveld, BSc.Hons (Rand), MA (Cantab),.PhD, FSB, Professor of Law and Bioethics. His numerous publications span Criminology, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Moral and Legal Philosophy, and many areas of law. He has a special interest in the regulation and ethics of Biotechnology and Medical Science, and founded the Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics (SIBLE) in 1994, which he directed until his appointment at Durham University in 2006. He is an exponent of the moral theory of the American philosopher, Alan Gewirth, and much of his work involves application of this theory in the critical analysis of law. He is the author of A Bibliography on General Deterrence Research (Saxon House 1980) and The Dialectical Necessity of Morality (Chicago University Press 1991); co-author (with Roger Brownsword) of Law as a Moral Judgment (Sweet and Maxell 1986 and Sheffield Academic Press 1994), Mice Morality and Patents (Common Law Institute of Intellectual Property 1993), Human Dignity in Bioethics and Biolaw (OUP 2001), and Consent in the Law (Hart 2007); and co-author with a group of lawyers, scientists, clinicians, and philosophers of Embryo Research in Pluralistic Europe (Springer 2003). He has participated in many EC funded projects, and he co-ordinated an EC funded Concerted Action PRIVIREAL on the Implementation of the Data Protection Directive in Relation to Medical Research and the Role of Research Ethics Committees from 2002-2005. He holds the Visiting Chair in Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics at the University of Utrecht, which occupies 20% of his time. He was Vice-Chair of South Sheffield Local Research Ethics Committee from 1992-1998 and Vice-Chair of Trent Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee from 1997-2005. He is on the Advisory Board of the Polish Jurisprudence Journal Ius et Lex, of Medical Law International, and Medicine and Law (the journal of the World Association of Medical Law), and the Editorial Committee of Law, Innovation and Technology.

Teaching Areas

Philosophy of Law
Law and Medicine

• Moral Philosophy (Pure and Applied) (especially, Gewirth and Kant)
• Legal Philosophy
• Regulation of Medical Research
• Privacy and Data Protection in Medical Law
• Morality in Patent Law
• The Regulation and Ethics of Biotechnology
• Precautionary reasoning in legal thinking

Authored book

• The Sole Fact of Pure Reason: Kant’s Quasi-Ontological Argument for the Categorical Imperative
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Düwell, M. (2020). The Sole Fact of Pure Reason: Kant’s Quasi-Ontological Argument for the Categorical Imperative. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110691344
• Consent in the Law
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2007). Consent in the Law. Hart Publishing.
• Embryo Research in Pluralistic Europe.
  
  Solter, D., Beyleveld, D., Friele, M., Hołówka, J., Lilie, H., Lovell-Badge, R., Mandla, C., Martin, U., & Pardo Avellaneda, R. (2003). Embryo Research in Pluralistic Europe. Springer Verlag.
• Human Dignity in Bioethics and Biolaw
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2001). Human Dignity in Bioethics and Biolaw. Oxford University Press.
• Mice, Morality, and Patents: The Onco-mouse Application and Article 53(a) of the European Patent Convention.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1993). Mice, Morality, and Patents: The Onco-mouse Application and Article 53(a) of the European Patent Convention. Intellectual Property Institute.
• The Dialectical Necessity of Morality: An Analysis and Defence of Alan Gewirth's Argument to the Principle of Generic Consistency.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1991). The Dialectical Necessity of Morality: An Analysis and Defence of Alan Gewirth’s Argument to the Principle of Generic Consistency. University of Chicago Press.
• Law as a Moral Judgment.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1986). Law as a Moral Judgment. Sweet and Maxwell.
• A Bibliography on General Deterrence Research.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1980). A Bibliography on General Deterrence Research. Saxon House.
• The Effectiveness of General Deterrents Against Crime: An Annotated Bibliography of Evaluative Research.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1978). The Effectiveness of General Deterrents Against Crime: An Annotated Bibliography of Evaluative Research (8th ed.). University of Cambridge.

Chapter in book

• Introduction
  
  Beyleveld, D., Rouille-Mirza, S., Townend, D., & Wright, J. (in press). Introduction. In D. Beyleveld, S. Rouille-Mirza, D. Townend, & J. Wright (Eds.), Implementation of the Data Protection Directive in Relation to Medical Research in Europe (pp. 3-4). Ashgate Publishing.
• EU, Norway and NAS Law Report Framework.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Townend, D. (in press). EU, Norway and NAS Law Report Framework. In D. Beyleveld, D. Townend, S. Rouille-Mirza, & J. Wright (Eds.), The Data Protection Directive and Medical Research Across Europe (pp. 115-123). Ashgate Publishing.
• Privacy, Confidentiality and Data Protection
  
  Beyleveld, D. (in press). Privacy, Confidentiality and Data Protection. In R. Chadwick, H. ten Have, & E. M. Meslin (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Health Care Ethics: Core and Emerging Issues. SAGE.
• Legal Issues Concerning Regulation of Chimeras and Hybrids
  
  Beyleveld, D. (in press). Legal Issues Concerning Regulation of Chimeras and Hybrids. In J. Taupitz & M. Weschka (Eds.), CHIMBRIDS - Chimeras and Hybrids in Comparative European and International Research: Scientific, Ethical, Philosophical and Legal Aspects. (pp. 645-666). Springer Verlag.
• UK: Case 1-10 according to UK law
  
  Beyleveld, D. (in press). UK: Case 1-10 according to UK law. In J. Taupitz & M. Weschka (Eds.), CHIMBRIDS - Chimeras and Hybrids in Comparative European and International Research: Scientific, Ethical, Philosophical and Legal Aspects. (pp. 847-853). Springer Verlag.
• Final statement on the concerted action “Basic Principles of Bioethics And Biolaw”
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (in press). Final statement on the concerted action “Basic Principles of Bioethics And Biolaw”. In J. Rendtorff & P. Kemp (Eds.), Centre for Ethics and Law and Barcelona: Institute Borja de Bioètica (pp. 45-55).
• Making sense of human dignity
  
  Beyleveld, D. (in press). Making sense of human dignity. In J. Coggon, S. Chan, S. Holm, & T. Kushner (Eds.), From reason to practice in bioethics: An anthology dedicated to the works of John Harris. Manchester University Press.
• Why Any Legal Positivist Idea of Legal Obligation Is Untenable: A Kantian-Gewirthian Synthesis
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2024). Why Any Legal Positivist Idea of Legal Obligation Is Untenable: A Kantian-Gewirthian Synthesis. In D. Beyleveld & S. Bertea (Eds.), Theories of Legal Obligation (pp. 61-97). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54067-7_4
• Moral Interests, Privacy, and Medical Research
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Pattinson, S. D. (2023). Moral Interests, Privacy, and Medical Research. In M. Boylan (Ed.), International Public Health Policy and Ethics (pp. 61-73). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39973-2_5
• The Concept of Human Rights in the UDHR and the Rule of Law for the World Today
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Pattinson, S. (2023). The Concept of Human Rights in the UDHR and the Rule of Law for the World Today. In M. Dahlin, J. Garland, A.-S. Lind, A. Singer, & S. Slokenberga (Eds.), Festskrift till Elisabeth Rynning: Integritet och rättssäkerhet inom och bortom den medicinska rätten (pp. 41–55). Iustus.
• Morality and Intellectual Property Law Through the Lens of Human Rights
  
  Adcock, M., & Beyleveld, D. (2022). Morality and Intellectual Property Law Through the Lens of Human Rights. In C. Godt, G. Van Overwalle, L. Guibault, & D. Beyleveld (Eds.), Boundaries of Information Property (pp. 121-147). Intersentia.
• Is There Really Anything Wrong With an Absolute Principle?
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2020). Is There Really Anything Wrong With an Absolute Principle?. In M. Borowski (Ed.), Modern German Non-Positivism – From Radbruch to Alexy. (pp. 279-292). Mohr Siebeck.
• Sheffield Natural Law School
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2017). Sheffield Natural Law School. In M. Sellers & P. Kirste (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the philosophy of law and social philosophy. (pp. 1-18). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_58-1
• What Is Gewirth and What IS Beyleveld? A Retrospect with Comments on the Contributions
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2017). What Is Gewirth and What IS Beyleveld? A Retrospect with Comments on the Contributions. In P. Capps & S. D. Pattinson (Eds.), Ethical rationalism and the law. (pp. 233-255). Hart Publishing.
• Transcendental Arguments for a Categorical Imperative as Arguments from Agential Self-Understanding
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2017). Transcendental Arguments for a Categorical Imperative as Arguments from Agential Self-Understanding. In J. P. Brune, R. Stern, & M. H. Werner (Eds.), Transcendental arguments in moral theory. (pp. 141-159). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110470215-008
• Gewirth versus Kant on Kant’s Maxim of Reason: Towards a Gewirthian Philosophical Anthropology
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2016). Gewirth versus Kant on Kant’s Maxim of Reason: Towards a Gewirthian Philosophical Anthropology. In P. Bauhn (Ed.), Gewirthian perspectives on human rights. (pp. 13-29). Routledge.
• The duties we have to future generations: a Gewirthian approach
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2016). The duties we have to future generations: a Gewirthian approach. In G. Bos & M. Düwell (Eds.), Human rights and sustainability : moral responsibilities for the future. (pp. 137-150). Routledge.
• Research Participants and the Right to be Informed
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2015). Research Participants and the Right to be Informed. In P. R. Ferguson & G. T. Laurie (Eds.), Inspiring a medico-legal revolution : essays in honour of Sheila McLean. (pp. 173-188). Routledge.
• Hope and Belief
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2012). Hope and Belief. In R. Jenkins & E. Sullivan (Eds.), Philosophy of Mind (pp. 1-36). Nova Science Publishers.
• Confidentiality and Data Protection
  
  Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2010). Confidentiality and Data Protection. In A. Grubb, J. Laing, & J. McHale (Eds.), Principles of medical law. (pp. 651-723). Oxford University Press.
• Complex Technology, Complex Calculations: Uses and Abuses of Precautionary Reasoning in Law.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2009). Complex Technology, Complex Calculations: Uses and Abuses of Precautionary Reasoning in Law. In P. Sollie, M. Duewell, & et al. (Eds.), Evaluating New Technologies: Methodological Problems for the Ethical Assessment of Technological Developments. (pp. 175-190). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2229-5_12
• The Regulation of Hybrids and Chimeras in the UK
  
  Beyleveld, D., Finnegan, T., & Pattinson, S. D. (2009). The Regulation of Hybrids and Chimeras in the UK. In J. Taupitz & M. Weschka (Eds.), Chimbrids : chimeras and hybrids in comparative European and international research : scientific, ethical, philosophical and legal aspects. (pp. 603-825). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93869-9_25
• Human Cognitive Vulnerability and the Moral Status of the Human Embryo and Foetus.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2008). Human Cognitive Vulnerability and the Moral Status of the Human Embryo and Foetus. In M. Duwell, C. Rehmann-Sutter, & D. Mieth (Eds.), The Contingent Nature of Life. (pp. 83-88). Springer Verlag.
• Patents for Biotechnology and the Data Protection of Biological Samples and Shared Data.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Taylor, M. J. (2008). Patents for Biotechnology and the Data Protection of Biological Samples and Shared Data. In J. Herveg (Ed.), The Protection of Medical Data: Challenges of the 21st Century. (pp. 131-152). Anthemis: Louvain-la-Neuve.
• Moral Interests, Privacy and Medical Research
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Pattinson, S. D. (2008). Moral Interests, Privacy and Medical Research. In M. Boylan (Ed.), International public health policy and ethics. (pp. 45-57). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8617-5_4
• The European Community Directives on Data Protection and Clinical Trials.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Sethe, S. (2008). The European Community Directives on Data Protection and Clinical Trials. In E. J. Emanuel & et al. (Eds.), The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics. (pp. 180-186). Oxford University Press, New York.
• Great Britain’s Perspective on the Status and Protection of the Extracorporeal Embryo.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Pattinson, S. (2007). Great Britain’s Perspective on the Status and Protection of the Extracorporeal Embryo. In A. Eser, H. G. Koch, & C. Seith (Eds.), International Perspectives on the Status and Protection of the Extracorporeal Embryo. (pp. 171-203). Nomos.
• Conceptualising Privacy in Relation to medical research values
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2006). Conceptualising Privacy in Relation to medical research values. In S. A. McLean (Ed.), First do not harm : law, ethics and healthcare. (pp. 151-164). Ashgate Publishing.
• Rationality in Bioethics: reasonable Adjudication in a Life and Death Case of the Separation of Conjoined Twins.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2006). Rationality in Bioethics: reasonable Adjudication in a Life and Death Case of the Separation of Conjoined Twins. In R.-S. et al (Ed.), Bioethics in Cultural Contexts. (pp. 145-162.). Springer Verlag.
• Research Ethics Committees and the Law in the UK
  
  Beyleveld, D., Baker, S., Wallace, S., & Wright, J. (2005). Research Ethics Committees and the Law in the UK. In D. Beyleveld, D. Townend, & J. Wright (Eds.), Research ethics committees, data protection and medical research in European countries. (pp. 271-290). Ashgate Publishing.
• The UK's Implementation of Directive 95/46/EC
  
  Beyleveld, D., Grubb, A., Townend, D., Morgan, R., & Wright, J. (2004). The UK’s Implementation of Directive 95/46/EC. In D. Beyleveld, D. Townend, S. Rouillé-Mirza, & K. Wright (Eds.), Implementation of the Data Protection Directive in relation to medical research in Europe. (pp. 403-428.). Ashgate Publishing.
• The Duty to Provide Information to the Data Subject: Articles 10 and 11 of Directive 95/46/EC.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2004). The Duty to Provide Information to the Data Subject: Articles 10 and 11 of Directive 95/46/EC. In D. Beyleveld, D. Townend, S. Rouillé-Mirza, & J. Wright (Eds.), The Data Protection Directive and Medical Research Across Europe. (pp. 69-88). Ashgate Publishing.
• Data Protection and Medical Research.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Townend, D. (2004). Data Protection and Medical Research. In R. Maheswaran (Ed.), GIS in Public Health Practice: Opportunities and Pitfalls. (pp. 251-263.). CRC Press.
• An Overview of Directive 95/46/EC in Relation to Medical Research
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2004). An Overview of Directive 95/46/EC in Relation to Medical Research. In D. Beyleveld, D. Townend, S. Rouillé-Mirza, & J. Wright (Eds.), The Data Protection Directive and medical research across Europe. (pp. 5-22). Ashgate Publishing.
• Globalisation and Human Dignity: Some Effects and Implications for the Creation and Use of Embryos.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Pattinson, S. (2004). Globalisation and Human Dignity: Some Effects and Implications for the Creation and Use of Embryos. In R. Brownsword (Ed.), Global Governance and the Quest for Justice Volume IV: Human Rights.. (pp. 185-202.). Hart Publishing.
• Individual Rights, Social Justice, and the Allocation of Advances in Biotechnology
  
  Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2004). Individual Rights, Social Justice, and the Allocation of Advances in Biotechnology. In M. Boylan (Ed.), Public Health, Policy and Ethics. (pp. 59-72). Kluwer International.
• Individualrechte und soziale Gerechtigkeit
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2003). Individualrechte und soziale Gerechtigkeit. In L. Honnefelder, D. Mieth, P. Propping, L. Siep, C. Wiesemann, D. Lanzerath, R. Cuplinskas, & R. Teuwsen (Eds.), Das genetische Wissen und die Zukunft des Menschen. (pp. 375-388). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110902211.375
• Independent Ethics Committees in the United Kingdom.
  
  Beyleveld, D., Brownsword, R., & Wallace, S. (2002). Independent Ethics Committees in the United Kingdom. In G. Lebeer (Ed.), Ethical Function in Hospital Ethics Committees. (pp. 111-123.). IOS Press.
• Ethics Committees: Public Interest, Private Interest, and the Ethics of Partnership.'
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2002). Ethics Committees: Public Interest, Private Interest, and the Ethics of Partnership.’. In G. Lebeer (Ed.), Ethical Function in Hospital Ethics Committees. (pp. 135-149.). IOS Press.
• Ethics of Statistics in Genetics.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2001). Ethics of Statistics in Genetics. In D. Balding, C. Cannings, & M. Bishop (Eds.), Handbook of Statistical Genetics. (pp. 697-720.). John Wiley and Sons.
• Clinical Ethics Committees: Clinician Support or Crisis Management?
  
  Beyleveld, D., Brownsword, R., & Wallace, S. (2001). Clinical Ethics Committees: Clinician Support or Crisis Management?. In HEC Forum, Newsletter of ETHOX..
• Possibilities for European Regulation of Research on Human Embryos.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Pattinson, S. (2001). Possibilities for European Regulation of Research on Human Embryos. In M. Friele (Ed.), Embryo Experimentation in Europe: Bio-medical, Legal, and Philosophical Aspects. (pp. 58-72.). European Academy of Science.
• Clinical Ethics Committees in the UK: First Wave, Shock Wave, Second Wave?
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2001). Clinical Ethics Committees in the UK: First Wave, Shock Wave, Second Wave?. In G. Lebeer & M. Moulin (Eds.), Ethical Function on Hospital Ethics Committees 2: Working Papers in Workshop 2 of the Biomed II Concerted Action. (pp. 17-32.). University of Bruxelles.
• Legal Regulation of Assisted Procreation, Genetic Diagnosis and Gene Therapy
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Pattinson, S. (2000). Legal Regulation of Assisted Procreation, Genetic Diagnosis and Gene Therapy. In D. Beyleveld & H. Haker (Eds.), The ethics of genetics in human procreation. (pp. 215-276). Ashgate Publishing.
• The Morality Clauses in the EC Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Material: Conflict, Compromise, and the Patent Community.
  
  Beyleveld, D., Brownsword, R., & Llewelyn, M. (2000). The Morality Clauses in the EC Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Material: Conflict, Compromise, and the Patent Community. In J. Lonbay & R. Goldberg (Eds.), European Healthcare Law. (pp. 157-181.). Cambridge University Press.
• Precautionary Reasoning as a link to Moral Action.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Pattinson, S. (2000). Precautionary Reasoning as a link to Moral Action. In M. Boylan (Ed.), Medical Ethics. (pp. 39-53.). Prentice Hall.
• Legal Argumentation in Biolaw.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword), (& R. (2000). Legal Argumentation in Biolaw. In P. Kemp (Ed.), Bioethics and Biolaw Vol. 1: Judgement of Life. (pp. 179-217.). Rhodos.
• Ethics Committees as Figures of Democracy.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2000). Ethics Committees as Figures of Democracy. In G. Lebeer & M. Moulin (Eds.), Ethical Function in Hospital Ethics Committees: Working Papers of Workshop 1 of the Biomed II Concerted Action 1. (pp. 25-35). Université Libre de Bruxelles.
• Human Dignity, Human Rights and the Human Genome.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2000). Human Dignity, Human Rights and the Human Genome. In J. D. Rendtorff & P. Kemp (Eds.), Basic Ethical Principles in European Bioethics and Biolaw. (pp. 15-44.). Centre for Ethics and Law and Barcelona: Institute Borja de Bioètica.
• The Moral Status of the Human Embryo and Fetus
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2000). The Moral Status of the Human Embryo and Fetus. In H. Haker & D. Beyleveld (Eds.), The ethics of genetics in human procreation. (pp. 59-85). Ashgate Publishing.
• Ethics Law and Legislation.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2000). Ethics Law and Legislation. In D. Mieth (Ed.), Ethik und Wissenschaft in Europa. (pp. 169-195.). Alber.
• Independent Ethics Committees in the United Kingdom.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2000). Independent Ethics Committees in the United Kingdom. In G. Lebeer & M. Moulin (Eds.), Ethical Function in Hospital Ethics Committees: Working Papers of Workshop 1 of the Biomed II Concerted Action 1. (pp. 129-143.). Université Libre de Bruxelles.
• Does PID Solve the Moral Problems of Prenatal Diagnosis? A Rights Analysis
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1999). Does PID Solve the Moral Problems of Prenatal Diagnosis? A Rights Analysis. In E. Hildt & S. Graumann (Eds.), Genetics in human reproduction. (pp. 135-140). Ashgate Publishing.
• Gewirth and Kant on Justifying the Supreme Principal of Morality.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1999). Gewirth and Kant on Justifying the Supreme Principal of Morality. In M. Boylan (Ed.), Gewirth: Critical Essays on Action, Rationality, and Community. (pp. 97-117.). Rowman & Littlefield.
• Human Rights, Human Dignity and Human Genes.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1998). Human Rights, Human Dignity and Human Genes. In R. Brownsword, W. Cornish, & M. Llewelyn (Eds.), Law and Human Genetics (pp. 69-88). Blackwell.
• Patenting Human Genes: Legality, Morality, and Human Rights.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1998). Patenting Human Genes: Legality, Morality, and Human Rights. In J. Harris (Ed.), Property Problems-From Genes to Pension Funds. (pp. 9-24.). Kluwer.
• The Moral and Legal Status of the Human Embryo
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1998). The Moral and Legal Status of the Human Embryo. In E. Hildt & D. Mieth (Eds.), In vitro fertilisation in the 1990’s : towards a medical, social and ethical evaluation. (pp. 247-260.). Ashgate Publishing.
• Methodological Syncretism in Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1998). Methodological Syncretism in Kelsen’s Pure Theory of Law. In S. L. Paulson & B. L. Paulson (Eds.), Normativity and Norms: Critical Perspectives on Kelsenian Themes. (pp. 113-146.). Clarendon Press.
• The Dialectically Necessary Foundation of Natural Law.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1993). The Dialectically Necessary Foundation of Natural Law. In A. Norrie (Ed.), Closure or Critique: Current Directions in Legal Theory. (pp. 22-44.). Edinburgh University Press.
• How to Retain Your Soul and Be a Political Deviant.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Wiles, P. (1979). How to Retain Your Soul and Be a Political Deviant. In P. Rock & D. Downes (Eds.), Deviant Interpretations. (pp. 122-144.).

Conference Paper

• Summary of the discussion
  
  Morling, N., Rittner, C., Schmitter, H., Beyleveld, D., Martin, P. D., Schneider, P. M., Scheithauer, R., Werrett, D. J., Olaisen, B., & Kloosterman, A. (Eds.). (1997). Summary of the discussion. In Special issue - Proceedings of the European Symposium: Ethical and legal issues of DNA typing in forensic medicine..

Edited book

• Theories of Legal Obligation
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Bertea, S. (Eds.). (2024). Theories of Legal Obligation. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54067-7
• Research Ethics Committees, Data Protection and Medical Research in European Countries
  
  Beyleveld, D., Townend, D., & Wright, J. (Eds.). (2005). Research Ethics Committees, Data Protection and Medical Research in European Countries. Ashgate Publishing.
• Implementation of the Data Protection Directive in Relation to Medical Research in Europe.
  
  Beyleveld, D., Townend, D., Rouillé-Mirza, S., & Wright, J. (Eds.). (2004). Implementation of the Data Protection Directive in Relation to Medical Research in Europe.
• The Ethics of Genetics in Human Procreation.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Haker, H. (Eds.). (2000). The Ethics of Genetics in Human Procreation.

Journal Article

• Moral Precaution and the Limits of Knowledge: A Reply to Coggon
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Pattinson, S. D. (2025). Moral Precaution and the Limits of Knowledge: A Reply to Coggon. Clinical Ethics, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/14777509251339277
• Punitive and Preventive Justice in an Era of Profiling, Smart Prediction and Practical Preclusion: Three Key Questions
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2019). Punitive and Preventive Justice in an Era of Profiling, Smart Prediction and Practical Preclusion: Three Key Questions. International Journal of Law in Context, 15(2), 198-218. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1744552319000120
• Inclusive governance over agricultural biotechnology: risk assessment and public participation
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Jianjun, L. (2017). Inclusive governance over agricultural biotechnology: risk assessment and public participation. Law, Innovation and Technology, 9(2), 301-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2017.1377908
• Morality in Intellectual Property Law: A Concept-Theoretic Framework
  
  Adcock, M., & Beyleveld, D. (2016). Morality in Intellectual Property Law: A Concept-Theoretic Framework. Intellectual Property Rights : Open Access, 4(1), Article 154. https://doi.org/10.4172/2375-4516.1000154
• Genetic privacy protection in biobanking
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2016). Genetic privacy protection in biobanking. Taiwan Journal of Law and Technology Policy, 3(2), 5-21.
• Towards a Kantian Phenomenology of Hope
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Ziche, P. (2015). Towards a Kantian Phenomenology of Hope. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 18(5), 927-942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-015-9564-x
• Why and How Should We Represent Future Generations in Policymaking?
  
  Beyleveld, D., Düwell, M., & Spahn, A. (2015). Why and How Should We Represent Future Generations in Policymaking?. Jurisprudence, 6(3), 549-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/20403313.2015.1065642
• Korsgaard v. Gewirth on Universalization: Why Gewirthians are Kantians and Kantians Ought to be Gewirthians
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2015). Korsgaard v. Gewirth on Universalization: Why Gewirthians are Kantians and Kantians Ought to be Gewirthians. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 12(5), 573-597. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-4681026
• Williams’ False Dilemma: How to Give Categorically Binding Impartial Reasons to Real Agents
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2013). Williams’ False Dilemma: How to Give Categorically Binding Impartial Reasons to Real Agents. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 10(2), 204-226. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-4681001
• Emerging Technologies, Extreme Uncertainty, and the Principle of Rational Precautionary Reasoning
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2012). Emerging Technologies, Extreme Uncertainty, and the Principle of Rational Precautionary Reasoning. Law, Innovation and Technology, 4(1), 35-65. https://doi.org/10.5235/175799612800650644
• The Principle of Generic Consistency as the Supreme Principle of Human Rights
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2011). The Principle of Generic Consistency as the Supreme Principle of Human Rights. Human Rights Review, 13(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-011-0210-2
• Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon
  
  Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2010). Defending Moral Precaution as a Solution to the Problem of Other Minds: A Reply to Holm and Coggon. Ratio Juris, 23(2), 258-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9337.2010.00453.x
• The Foundational Role of the Principal of Instrumental Reason in Gewirth’s Argument for the Principle of Generic Consistency: A Response to Andrew Chitty.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Bos, G. (2009). The Foundational Role of the Principal of Instrumental Reason in Gewirth’s Argument for the Principle of Generic Consistency: A Response to Andrew Chitty. King’s Law Journal., 20(1), 1-20.
• Data Protection and Genetics: Medical Research and the Public Good.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2007). Data Protection and Genetics: Medical Research and the Public Good. King’s Law Journal., 18:(2), 275-289.
• Data Protection, Genetics and Patents for Biotechnology.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Taylor, M. J. (2007). Data Protection, Genetics and Patents for Biotechnology. European Journal of Health Law, 14(2), 177-187.
• Purposive Interpretation and the Regulation of Technology: Legal Constructs, Legal Fictions, and the Rule of Law
  
  Adcock, M., & Beyleveld, D. (2007). Purposive Interpretation and the Regulation of Technology: Legal Constructs, Legal Fictions, and the Rule of Law. Medical Law International, 8(4), 305-324.
• Principle, Proceduralism and Precaution in a Community of Rights.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2006). Principle, Proceduralism and Precaution in a Community of Rights. Ratio Juris, 19(2), 141-168.
• Medical Research into Emergency Treatment: Regulatory Tensions in England and Wales
  
  Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2006). Medical Research into Emergency Treatment: Regulatory Tensions in England and Wales. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, 5.
• Human Nature, Social Theory and the Problem of Institutional Design.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Toddington, S. (2005). Human Nature, Social Theory and the Problem of Institutional Design. Studies in Social and Political Thought, 12, 2-29.
• When is Personal Data Rendered Anonymous? Interpreting Recital 26 of Directive 95/46/EC
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Townend, D. (2004). When is Personal Data Rendered Anonymous? Interpreting Recital 26 of Directive 95/46/EC. Medical Law International, 6(2), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/096853320400600201
• 'Horizontal Applicability and Horizontal Effect'
  
  Pattinson, S. D., & Beyleveld, D. (2002). ’Horizontal Applicability and Horizontal Effect’. Law Quarterly Review, 118, 623-646.
• Which Presumption? A Critique of the House of Lords Reasoning on Retrospectivity and the Human Rights Act.
  
  Beyleveld, D., Kirkham, R., & Townend, D. (2002). Which Presumption? A Critique of the House of Lords Reasoning on Retrospectivity and the Human Rights Act. Legal Studies, 22(2), 185-207.
• Is Patent Law Part of the EC Legal Order? A Critical Commentary on the Interpretation of Article 6(1) of Directive 98/44/EC in Case C-377/98.'
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2002). Is Patent Law Part of the EC Legal Order? A Critical Commentary on the Interpretation of Article 6(1) of Directive 98/44/EC in Case C-377/98.’. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 129-143.
• Law, Ethics, and Research Ethics Committees.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2002). Law, Ethics, and Research Ethics Committees. Medicine and Law., 1, 57-75.
• A Reply to Marcus G. Singer on 'Gewirth, Beyleveld and Dialectical Necessity.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2002). A Reply to Marcus G. Singer on ’Gewirth, Beyleveld and Dialectical Necessity. Ratio Juris, 15(4), 458-473.
• Ethics by Partnership: An Imperative for the Future of Pharmacogenetics
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2001). Ethics by Partnership: An Imperative for the Future of Pharmacogenetics. Pharmacogenetics.
• The Role of Research Ethics Committees in Safeguarding the Rights of Patients in Genetic Research.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2001). The Role of Research Ethics Committees in Safeguarding the Rights of Patients in Genetic Research. European Biopharmaceutical Review.
• How Not to Regulate in the Public Interest: Source Informatics, Data Protection and the Health and Social Care Act.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2001). How Not to Regulate in the Public Interest: Source Informatics, Data Protection and the Health and Social Care Act. Genetics Law Monitor.
• Is Embryo Research and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Ethical?
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2000). Is Embryo Research and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Ethical?. Forensic Science International, 113, 461-475.
• Human dignity, human rights, and human genetics
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2000). Human dignity, human rights, and human genetics. Modern Law Review, 61(5), 661-680.
• Betrayal of Confidence in the Court of Appeal.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Histead), (& E. (2000). Betrayal of Confidence in the Court of Appeal. Medical Law International, 4, 277-311.
• My Body, My Body Parts, My Property?
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2000). My Body, My Body Parts, My Property?. Health Care Analysis, 8, 87-99.
• Regulating Morality Through Patent Law: A Critique of the EC Directive.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2000). Regulating Morality Through Patent Law: A Critique of the EC Directive. Law and the Human Genome Review, 12, 141-171.
• Anonymisation is Not Exoneration: R v. Department of Health, ex parte Source Informatics Ltd.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Histed, E. (1999). Anonymisation is Not Exoneration: R v. Department of Health, ex parte Source Informatics Ltd. Medical Law International, 4(1), 69-80.
• The Media and Public Understanding of Biotechnology.
  
  Beyleveld, D., Gunter, B., & Kinderlerer, J. J. (1999). The Media and Public Understanding of Biotechnology. Science Communication, 20(4), 373-394.
• Generic Consistency in the Reproductive Enterprise: Ethical and Legal Implications of Exclusion Testing for Huntington's Disease.
  
  Beyleveld, D., Quarrell, O., & Toddington, S. (1998). Generic Consistency in the Reproductive Enterprise: Ethical and Legal Implications of Exclusion Testing for Huntington’s Disease. Medical Law International, 3(223), 135-158.
• Research Report. Teenagers and Biotechnology: A Survey of Understanding and Public Opinion in Britain.
  
  Beyleveld, D., Gunter, B., & Kinderlerer, J. J. (1998). Research Report. Teenagers and Biotechnology: A Survey of Understanding and Public Opinion in Britain. Studies in Science Education, 32, 81-112.
• Informing Potential Participants of Local Research Ethics Committee Approval of Research Protocols.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Longley, D. (1998). Informing Potential Participants of Local Research Ethics Committee Approval of Research Protocols. Medical Law International, 3(233), 209-222.
• Privity of Contract-the Benefits and Burdens of Law Reform.
  
  Beyleveld, D., Adams, J., & Brownsword, R. (1997). Privity of Contract-the Benefits and Burdens of Law Reform. Modern Law Review, 60(2), 234-257.
• A General Right to a Minimum Wage in English Law: An Argument from Generic Consistency.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Villiers, C. (1997). A General Right to a Minimum Wage in English Law: An Argument from Generic Consistency. Legal Studies, 17(2), 234-257.
• Dialectically Contingent Justifications for the Principle of Generic Consistency and Legal Theory.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1996). Dialectically Contingent Justifications for the Principle of Generic Consistency and Legal Theory. Ratio Juris, 9(1), 15-41.
• Legal Theory and Dialectically Contingent Justifications for the Principle of Generic Consistency
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1996). Legal Theory and Dialectically Contingent Justifications for the Principle of Generic Consistency. Ratio Juris, 9(1), 15-41.
• The Concept of a Human Right and Incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1995). The Concept of a Human Right and Incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Public Law (Winter), 577-598.
• Heart valve ownership: legal, ethical and policy issues
  
  Beyleveld, D., Howells, G., & Longley, D. (1995). Heart valve ownership: legal, ethical and policy issues. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease, 4(Suppl 1), S2-6.
• From the 'Middle-Way' to normative irrationalism: Hans Kelsen's General Theory of Norms
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1993). From the ’Middle-Way’ to normative irrationalism: Hans Kelsen’s General Theory of Norms. Modern Law Review, 56, 104-119.
• Impossibility, Irrationality, and Strict Product Liability.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1991). Impossibility, Irrationality, and Strict Product Liability. The Anglo-American Law Review., 21, 257-284.
• Privity, Transitivity, and Rationality.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1991). Privity, Transitivity, and Rationality. Modern Law Review, 54(1), 48-71.
• Les Implications de la Theorie du Droit Naturel en Sociologie du Droit.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1989). Les Implications de la Theorie du Droit Naturel en Sociologie du Droit. Droit Et Societe, 13, 389-414.
• Normative Positivism: The Mirage of The Middle-Way.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1989). Normative Positivism: The Mirage of The Middle-Way. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 9(4), 463-512.
• Practice made perfect?
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1987). Practice made perfect?. Modern Law Review, 50(5), 662-672.
• The Practical Difference Between Natural Law Theory and Legal Positivism.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1985). The Practical Difference Between Natural Law Theory and Legal Positivism. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 5(1), 1-32.
• Law as a Moral Judgment vs. Law as the Rules of the Powerful.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1983). Law as a Moral Judgment vs. Law as the Rules of the Powerful. American Journal of Jurisprudence, 28(1), 79-117. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajj/28.1.79
• Ehrlich's Analysis of Deterrence: Methodogical Strategy and Ethics in Isaac Ehrlich's Research and Writing on the Death Penalty as a Deterent.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1982). Ehrlich’s Analysis of Deterrence: Methodogical Strategy and Ethics in Isaac Ehrlich’s Research and Writing on the Death Penalty as a Deterent. British Journal of Criminology, 22(2), 101-123.
• Naturalism and Social Science: A Post-Empiricist Philosophy of Social Science
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1981). Naturalism and Social Science: A Post-Empiricist Philosophy of Social Science. Sociology, 15(1), 156-157.
• Deterrence Research as a Basis for Deterrence Policies.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1979). Deterrence Research as a Basis for Deterrence Policies. Howard Journal of Penology and Crime Prevention, 18, 135-149.
• Identifying, Explaining, and Predicting Deterrence.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1979). Identifying, Explaining, and Predicting Deterrence. British Journal of Criminology, 19(3), 205-224.
• Man and Method in David Matza's Becoming Deviant.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Wiles, P. (1975). Man and Method in David Matza’s Becoming Deviant. British Journal of Criminology, 15(2), 111-127.
• Philosophical issues and the "New Criminology"
  
  Beyleveld, D. (1973). Philosophical issues and the "New Criminology". British Journal of Criminology, 13(4), 394-395.
• Law, Ethics and Genomics.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (n.d.). Law, Ethics and Genomics. Business Briefing: PharmaTech. Advance online publication.
• Genetic Privacy in Biobanking. International Conference on Legal and Ethical Issues of Biobanking,
  
  Beyleveld, D. (n.d.). Genetic Privacy in Biobanking. International Conference on Legal and Ethical Issues of Biobanking,. Tsing Hua Journal of Technology and Policy, 6-21.
• Why Recital 26 of the EC Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions Should Be Implemented in National Law.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (n.d.). Why Recital 26 of the EC Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions Should Be Implemented in National Law. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 1-26.
• Ethical Issues in the Forensic Applications DNA Analysis.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (n.d.). Ethical Issues in the Forensic Applications DNA Analysis. Forensic Science International, 88:3-15.

Other (Print)

• Morality and the god of reason. Inaugural Lecture as Professor of Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics University of Utrecht.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2009). Morality and the god of reason. Inaugural Lecture as Professor of Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics University of Utrecht.
• Creating Mice with Human Brains. Inaugural Public Lecture as Belle van Zuylen Chair of Human Rights and Bioethics.
  
  Beyleveld, D. (2006). Creating Mice with Human Brains. Inaugural Public Lecture as Belle van Zuylen Chair of Human Rights and Bioethics.

Working Paper

• Main developments in bioethics and biolaw in the United Kingdom, 1996-1998.
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1999). Main developments in bioethics and biolaw in the United Kingdom, 1996-1998.
• Human dignity, human rights, and the human genome
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1997). Human dignity, human rights, and the human genome.
• SIBLE: II European legal-morality and its application to the Human Genome Project
  
  Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (1996). SIBLE: II European legal-morality and its application to the Human Genome Project.