The trespasses of property law
The purpose of this article is to identify a limit to the appropriate application of property law to the use and storage of bodily material. I argue here that property law ought to be limited to protecting ‘contingent rights’ and that recent cases where property rights have been recognised in semen...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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BMJ Publ.
2014
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Journal of medical ethics
Ano: 2014, Volume: 40, Número: 1, Páginas: 19-22 |
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| Resumo: | The purpose of this article is to identify a limit to the appropriate application of property law to the use and storage of bodily material. I argue here that property law ought to be limited to protecting ‘contingent rights’ and that recent cases where property rights have been recognised in semen represent the application of property law beyond this limit. I also suggest how the law ought to develop in order to avoid the overextensive use of property law. |
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| ISSN: | 1473-4257 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2013-101439 |