Body lore and laws. (©2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Andrew Bainham, Shelley Day Sclater and Martin Richards.
• Other Names: Bainham, Andrew; Sclater, Shelley Day; Richards, Martin, 1940 January 26
• Contents: Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Bodies as Property: from Slavery to DNA Maps; 1. INTRODUCTION: REPRESENTATION AND CONSTRUCTION; 2. GOVERNING THE BODY; 3. POWER AND THE BODY; 4. GOVERNMENTALITY; 5. REPRODUCTIVE CITIZENSHIP; 6. LAW AND THE MODERN BODY: PERSONS, PARTS AND PARTICLES; 7. CONCLUSION: IRONIES OF DE-COMPOSITION AND REIFICATION; REFERENCES; 3. Giving, Selling and Sharing Bodies; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. IS MY BODY MY OWN?; 3. LIVING DONORS; 4. COMMERCIAL DEALINGS IN BODY PARTS; 5. DISCUSSION OF THE LAW; 6. DEAD DONORS. 7. CONCLUSIONREFERENCES; 4. Discovering and Patenting Human Genes; 1. KAHN'S REMARK; 2. PATENTING EPO; 3. PATENTING ESTS; 4. PATENTING CCR5; 5. PATENTING BRCA1; 6. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 5. Letting Go ... Parents, Professionals and the Law in the Retention of Human Material after Post Mortem; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PARENTAL DISTRESS; 3. THE RESPONSE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION; 4. THE PLACE OF THE LAW; 5. RESOLVING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN EMOTION AND SCIENCE; 6. OBSERVATIONS; REFERENCES; 6. Male Medical Students and the Male Body; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE DOCTOR AND THE BODY; 3. AN APPROACH TO LEARNING. 4. THE EXERCISE5. DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; 7. Domestic Homicide, Gender and the Expert; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; 3. DEFENCES TO A CHARGE OF MURDER; 4. BATTERED WOMAN SYNDROME; 5. THE REASONABLE MAN; 6. LAW AND EXPERTISE; 7. EXPERT EVIDENCE AND REASONABLENESS; 8. SIMPLIFYING COMPLEXITY; 9. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 8. The Many Appearances of the Body in Feminist Scholarship; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. "BODIES HAVE A HISTORY ... WE START IN THE MIDDLE"; 3. "SEEKING TO EXERT CONTROL OVER THE REALITY OF BODILY EXPERIENCES"; 4. "THERE IS NO FEMALE SUBJECT IN THE TEXT OF THE CRIMINAL LAW." 5. "THE BODY IS A BETRAYAL OF AND A PRISON FOR THE SOUL"6. BODY MOVES, ONE: "TWO LIPS RETOUCHING"; 7. BODY MOVES, TWO: "WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE BODY CAN DO"; 8. BODY MOVES, THREE: "THE BODY HAS REMAINED A CONCEPTUAL BLINDSPOT"; 9. DIRECTIONS FOR FEMINIST WORK IN/ON LAW; REFERENCES; 9. Male Bodies, Family Practices; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CONTEXTS: THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY AND SOCIO-LEGAL STUDIES; 3. LAW, SEX DIFFERENCE AND THE BODIES OF MEN; 4. RETHINKING THE MALE "FAMILIAL" BODY; 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; 10. Sexualities, Sexual Relations and the Law; 1. INTRODUCTION. 2. FAMILY LAW: SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL RELATIONS3. CRIMINAL LAW: PROHIBITED SEXUAL RELATIONS; 4. CONCLUSION: THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RIGHTS; REFERENCES; 11. Hiring Bodies: Male Clients and Prostitution; 1. AN HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL ACCEPTANCE OF "PROSTITUTE" CLIENTS; 2. VICTORIAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS "PROSTITUTE" CLIENTS; 3. MODERNITY AND CHANGING IDEALS; 4. THE TRANSFORMATION OF INTIMACY IN POST-MODERN SOCIETY; 5. CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS; REFERENCES; 12. Villain, Hero or Masked Stranger: Ambivilence in Transactions with Human Genetics; 1. OWNERSHIP AND COMMODIFICATION OF GAMETES.
• Publisher Details: Oxford Portland, Or : Hart Pub
• Publication Date: 2002
• Copyright Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 346 pages)
• Subjects: 342.08; Human body -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain; Human body -- Social aspects -- Great Britain; Bioethical Issues -- legislation & jurisprudence; Human Body; Biotechnology -- legislation & jurisprudence; Jurisprudence; Corps humain -- Droit; LAW -- Constitutional; LAW -- Public; Human body -- Law and legislation; Human body -- Social aspects; Körper -- Recht -- Rechtssoziologie -- Aufsatzsammlung; Menselijk lichaam; Juridische aspecten; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847312631; 1847312632
• Related ISBNs: 1841131962; 9781841131962; 1841131970; 9781841131979
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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