This book, the second produced by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, is a collection of essays on the subject of law and the human body. As the title suggests, bodies and body parts are not only subject to regulation through formal legal processes, but also the meanings attached to particular bodies, and the significance accorded to some body parts, are aspects of
broader cultural processes. In short, bodies are subjected to both lore and laws. The contributors, all leading academics in the fields of Law, Sociology, Psychology, Feminism, Criminology, Biology and Genetics, respectively, offer a range of interdisciplinary papers that critically examine how bodies are constructed and regulated in law. The book is divided into two parts. Part one is concerned with 'Making Bodies' and includes papers relating to transactions in human gametes, cloning, court-ordered caesarean sections, testing for genetic risk, the patenting of human genes and the social policy implications of the growth in genetic information. Part two is concerned with 'Using and Abusing Bodies'. It contains chapters relating to sexualities, sexual orientation and the law, sex workers and their clients, domestic homicide, religious and cultural practices and other issues involving children's bodies, the ownership of the body and body parts and the legal and ethical issues surrounding euthanasia.

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Information

Publisher

Hart Publishing

Year

2002

ISBN

9781847312631

Edition

Topic

Law

Subtopic

Medical Law

Index

Law

Half Title Page
Title Page
Title verso
Preface
Contents
Notes on Contributors
1. Introduction
2. Bodies as Property: from Slavery to DNA Maps
3. Giving, Selling and Sharing Bodies
4. Discovering and Patenting Human Genes
5. Letting Go...Parents, Professionals and the Law in the Retention of Human Material after Post Mortem
6. Male Medical Students and the Male Body
7. Domestic Homicide, Gender and the Expert
8. The Many Appearances of the Body in Feminist Scholarship
9. Male Bodies, Family Practices
10. Sexualities, Sexual Relations and the Law
11. Hiring Bodies: Male Clients and Prostitution
12. Villain, Hero or Masked Stranger: Ambivilence in Transactions with Human Genetics
13. Court-ordered Caesarean Sections
14. Dehydrating Bodies: the Bland Case, the Winterton Bill and the Importance of Intention in Evaluating End-of-Life Decision Making
15. Religion, Culture and the Body of the Child
16. Future Bodies: Some History and Future Prospects for Human Genetic Selection
17. Perceptions of the Body and Genetic Risk
18. Science, Medicine and Ethical Change
Index