Biotechnology and the Challenge of Property (Medical Law and Ethics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: September 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780754671688
Subjects: Biotechnology; English law: social; Genetics (non-medical); Medicolegal issues; Private, property, family law; Medical Law & Legislation; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Biotechnology industries; Body, Human; Genetic engineering; Law and legislation
Description: "Biotechnology and the Challenge of Property addresses the question of how the advancement of property law is capable of controlling the interests generated by the engineering of human tissues. Through a comparative consideration of non-Western societies and industrialized cultures, this book addresses the impact of modern biotechnology, and its legal accommodation on the customary conduct and traditional beliefs which shape the lives of different communities. As such, it provides and introduction to the legal regulation of the evolving uses of human tissues, and its implications for traditional knowledge, beliefs and cultures."--BOOK JACKET.