Recent scandals involving the use of human body parts have highlighted the need for legal clarification surrounding property law and the use of human tissue. Th

How should the law deal with the challenges of advancing biotechnology? This book is a philosophical and legal re-analysis.

An argument against treating our bodies as commodities No one wants to be treated like an object, regarded as an item of property, or put up for sale. Yet many

The regulation of the body provides an important concern in law, medical practice and culture. This volume contributes to existing research in the area by encou

In the last few years, the boom in biobanking has prompted a lively debate on a host of interrelated legal issues, such as the Gordian knot of the ownership of