Body lore and laws
Title:
Body lore and laws
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Andrew Bainham, Shelley Day Sclater and Martin Richards.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., ©2002.
Physical Description:
xii, 346 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781841131979
9781841131962
Abstract:
"This collection of essays is the product of a series of seminars held by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group in 2000"--Preface.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Shelley Day Sclater -- Bodies as property : from slavery to DNA maps / Eileen Richardson, Bryan S. Turner -- Giving, selling and sharing bodies / Jonathan Herring -- Discovering and patenting human genes / Gregory Radick -- Letting go ... parents, professionals and the law in retention of human material after post mortem / Mavis Maclean -- Male medical students and the male body / Martin H. Johnson -- Domestic homicide, gender and the expert / Felicity Kaganas -- The many appearances of the body in feminist scholarship / Anne Bottomley -- Male bodies, family practices / Richard Collier -- Sexualities, sexual relations and the law / Andrew Bainham -- Hiring bodies : male clients and prostitution / Belinda Brooks-Gordon, Loraine Gelsthorpe -- Villain, hero or masked stranger : ambivalence in transactions with human gametes / Rachel Cook -- Court-ordered caesarean sections / Jane Weaver -- Dehydrating bodies : the Bland case, the Winterton bill and the importance of intention in evaluating end-of-life decision-making / John Keown -- Religion, culture and the body of the child / Caroline Bridge -- Future bodies : some history and future prospects for human genetic selection / Martin Richards -- Perceptions of the body and genetic risk / Elizabeth Chapman -- Science, medicine and ethical change / Derek Morgan.
Performer:
"This collection of essays is the product of a series of seminars held by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group in 2000"--Preface.