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Being and Owning: The Body, Bodily Material, and the Law
Disputes over the use and storage of bodily material continue to arise but the law has no clear answer as to the legal status of bodily material. This book develops a way for the law to address disputes over the use and storage of bodily material that, contrary to the current trend, resists the application of property law.
| Author(s) | By Jesse Wall (Lecturer, Lecturer, University of Otago). |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 254 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 18 Jun 2015 |
| Availability | Available |
Disputes over the use and storage of bodily material continue to arise but the law has no clear answer as to the legal status of bodily material. This book develops a way for the law to address disputes over the use and storage of bodily material that, contrary to the current trend, resists the application of property law.
Introduction ; 1. The Ownership of Bodily Material ; 2. The Objectification of Bodily Material ; 3. The Commodification of Bodily Material ; 4. The Concept of Property Law ; 5. The Structure of Property Law ; 6. The Limits of Property Law ; Conclusion
Jesse Wall is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago. He was a Lecturer and Junior Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford. He was awarded a Rhodes scholarship to undertake studies at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he completed a B
