This new addition to Hart Publishing's Landmark Cases series brings together leading figures in the field of UK medical law to discuss a selection of the most significant cases. These are cases which either signpost a new development for medical law, illustrate an important development of the law, or signpost likely future developments of UK law. The cases are explored in their social and historical context to understand better what has influenced the development of the law. The collection provides a fascinating insight in the interaction of medical law and broader social changes to our...

When part of a person's body is separated from them, or when a person dies, it is unclear what legal status the item of bodily material is able to obtain. A 'no property rule' which states that there is no property in the human body was first recorded in an English judgment in 1882. Claims based on property rights in the human body and its parts have failed on the basis that the human body is not the subject of property. Despite a recent series of exceptions to the 'no property rule', the law still has no clear answer as to the legal status of the body or its material. In this book, Wall...