Self-Ownership, Property Rights, and the Human Body: A Legal and Philosophical Analysis

ISBN-13: 9781107036864 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 360 str.

Muireann Quigley

Opis

How should the law deal with the challenges of advancing biotechnology? This book is a philosophical and legal re-analysis.

Recenzje

'In sum, Quigley's book is a feat of thorough and innovative legal and philosophical argument on a highly topical issue. It is dense and technical without being tedious. Reading it is an immensely rewarding endeavour.' Barbara Prainsack, Medical Law Review

Spis treści

1. Bodies of value; Part I. Human Tissues and the Law: 2. Regulating the uses of biomaterials: consent and authorisation; 3. Property in the body?; 4. A property (r)evolution?; Part II. Property and Persons: 5. What is property? I: bundles and things; 6. What is property? II: rights and interests; 7. The scope and bounds of self-ownership; Part III. Beyond Self-Ownership: 8. Property rights in biomaterials; 9. Transferring bodily property; 10. The future of human biomaterials?