Il potere normativo dei giudici nelle materie bioeticamente e religiosamente rilevanti

This article analyzes the power of judges in defining biolaw. It does so by dwelling on the jurisprudential and normative history of ethically sensitive subjects (abortion, assisted procreation, surrogacy, end-of-life), in which science and technology have led the basic notions of human life (birth, life, death, dignity, health, self-determination) to an epistemological crisis.