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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784708303321

Autore

Hardcastle Rohan J (Rohan John), <1975->

Titolo

Law and the human body : property rights, ownership and control / / Rohan Hardcastle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2007

ISBN

1-4742-0059-1

1-281-08266-X

9786611082666

1-84731-357-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

344.4104194

Soggetti

Human body - Law and legislation - Australia

Human body - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Human body - Law and legislation - United States

Personality (Law) - Australia

Personality (Law) - Great Britain

Personality (Law) - United States

Property - Australia

Property - Great Britain

Property - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Dead Body -- Chapter 3. Living Body -- Chapter 4. Human Tissue Act 2004 -- Chapter 5. Property Rights -- Chapter 6. Creation and Allocation of Property Rights -- Chapter 7. Non-proprietary Interests -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"Do you own your body? Advances in science and the development of genetic databases have added an aura of modern controversy to this long-standing and, as yet, unresolved problem. In particular, English law governing separated human tissue (including organs, DNA and cell-lines) is unsatisfactory. Despite the enactment of the Human Tissue Act 2004 UK, it remains uncertain what property rights living persons can claim over tissue separated from their bodies. The development of clear



legal principles is necessary to protect the rights of individuals while also enabling the efficient use of such materials in medical research. Part I of Law and the Human Body traces the evolution of English, Australian, United States and Canadian law in relation to human tissue separated from living persons and dead bodies. This includes a comprehensive examination of the Human Tissue Act 2004 UK as well as prominent judicial decisions, including Re Organ Retention Group Litigation [2005] QB 506, Colavito v New York Organ Donor Network Inc 8 NY 3d 43 (NY CA 2006) and Washington University v Catalona 490 F 3d 667 (8th Cir 2007). Analysis demonstrates that, although property rights and non-proprietary interests in separated human tissue are recognised in limited circumstances, no principled basis has been accepted either at common law or by statute for the recognition of these rights and interests. Part II of this book develops and defends a principled basis in English law for the creation and legal recognition of property rights and non-proprietary interests in separated human tissue. Significantly, the analysis and principles presented in Law and the Human Body have application across common law and civil law jurisdictions worldwide."--Bloomsbury Publishing.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822729403321

Autore

Biehl João Guilherme

Titolo

Vita : life in a zone of social abandonment / / João Biehl ; photographs by Torben Eskerod ; updated with a new foreword and photo essay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013]

©2005

ISBN

0-520-95146-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Disciplina

452

Soggetti

Institutional care - Brazil - Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)

Marginality, Social - Brazil - Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part one. Vita -- part two. Catarina and the alphabet -- part three. The medical archive -- part four. The family -- part five. Biology and ethics -- part six. The dictionary.

Sommario/riassunto

Zones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil's big cities-places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This haunting, unforgettable story centers on a young woman named Catarina, increasingly paralyzed and said to be mad, living out her time at Vita. Anthropologist João Biehl leads a detective-like journey to know Catarina; to unravel the cryptic, poetic words that are part of the "dictionary" she is compiling; and to trace the complex network of family, medicine, state, and economy in which her abandonment and pathology took form.An instant classic, Vita has been widely acclaimed for its bold fieldwork, theoretical innovation, and literary force. Reflecting on how Catarina's life story continues, this updated edition offers the reader a powerful new afterword and gripping new photographs following Biehl and Eskerod's return to Vita. Anthropology at its finest, Vita is essential reading for anyone who is grappling with how to understand the conditions of life, thought, and ethics in the contemporary world.