Politics and the Life Sciences: A Journal, A Mission, A Vision
Gary R. Johnson 3

ROUNDTABLE

Epidemic Field Investigation as Applied to Allegations of Chemical, Biological, or Toxin Warfare
Peter Barss 5

Commentaries

Weapons of War or Ravages of Nature? Investigating the Use of CBW
Marie Isabelle Chevrier 23

Toxic Weapons, Epidemiology, and Human Rights
Howard Hu 24

Don't Ignore the Cow in Field Investigations of Chemical, Biological, or Toxin Warfare
David L. Huxsoll 26

Epidemiologic Surveillance for Investigating Chemical or Biological Warfare and for Improving Human Health
Steven S. Morse 28

Can Biological, Toxin, and Chemical Warfare Be Eliminated?
Meryl Nass 30

Response

Investigating Allegations of Chemical, Biological, or Toxin Warfare: A Response to Five Expert Commentaries
Peter Barss 33

ARTICLES

Observing Supreme Court Oral Argument: A Biosocial Approach
James N. Schubert, Steven A. Peterson, Glendon Schubert, and Stephen Wasby 35

Human Embryos and Genetic Testing: A Private Policy Model
Andrea L. Bonnicksen 53

Sex, Coalitions, and Politics in Preindustrial Societies
Bobbi S. Low 63

UPDATES

Politics and Genetic Engineering
Robert H. Blank 81

The Biological Weapons Convention: The Third Review Conference
Marie Isabelle Chevrier 86

PROFILES

Thomas C. Wiegele: Founding Father
Gary R. Johnson, Carol Barner-Barry, Robert H. Blank, Lynton K. Caldwell, Kent L. Oots, John C. Wahlke 93

Graduate Study in Biopolitics at Northern Illinois University
James N. Schubert 101

Conference Reports

The Alfred Empirical Biopolitics Conference: Prospects for a Cohesive Frame of Reference for Inquiry
Fred Kort 103

Conference on the Future of the European Market
Heiner Flohr 107

RECENT BOOKS AND ARTICLES 108

BOOK REVIEWS

Regulating Reproduction (Robert H. Blank)
R. Alta Charo, Michelle Harrison, Patricia Bayer Richard 115

Crime in Biological, Social, and Moral Contexts (Lee Ellis and Harry Hoffman, eds.)
W. Robert Gump, Robert Heineman, William M. Shields 120

AIDS and the Health Care System (Lawrence O. Gostin, ed.)
John Douard, Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., Mark E. Rushefsky 127

The Sense of Justice: An Inquiry into the Biological Foundations of Law (Roger D. Masters and Margaret Gruter, eds.)
Ira H. Carmen, Fred Kort 134

Sociobiology and Conflict: Evolutionary Perspectives on Competition, Cooperation, Violence and Warfare (J. van der Dennen and V. Falger, eds.)
Marc Howard Ross, R. Paul Shaw, Anthony Walsh 139

Biotechnology and International Relations: The Political Dimensions (Thomas C. Wiegele)
Philip L. Bereano, Sanford Lakoff, Norine E. Noonan 145

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 151

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