BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE CHALLENGE OF PROPERTY : property rights in dead bodies, body parts, and ... genetic information
In addressing the impact of modern biotechnology, and its legal accommodation on the customary conduct and traditional beliefs which shape the lives of different communities, Nwabueze's work provides an introduction to the legal regulation of the evolving uses of human tissues, and its implications for traditional knowledge, beliefs and cultures.
Print Book, English, 2016
ROUTLEDGE, [Place of publication not identified], 2016
9781138271449, 1138271446
982591199
Preface, Acknowledgements, Table of Cases, Table of Statutes, Introduction, 1. The Nature, Uses and Meaning of Property, 2. Biotechnology and the Property Jurisprudence on the Human Body and Parts, 3. Cultural and Ontological Contexts of Biotechnology and the Human Body, 4. DNA Banks and Proprietary Interests in Biosamples and Genetic Information, 5. Remedies for Interference with Dead Bodies and Body Parts: Property and Non-Property Approaches, 6. Property and Traditional Knowledge, Bibliography, Index