Body Lore and Laws - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1841131962 ISBN 13 : 9781841131962

Editeur : Hart Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

This book,the second produced by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, is a collection of essays on the subject of law and the human body. As the title suggests, bodies and body parts are not only subject to regulation through formal legal processes, but also the meanings attached to particular bodies, and the significance accorded to some body parts, are aspects of
broader cultural processes. In short, bodies are subjected to both lore and laws. The contributors, all leading academics in the fields of Law, Sociology, Psychology, Feminism, Criminology, Biology and Genetics, respectively, offer a range of interdisciplinary papers that critically examine how bodies are constructed and regulated in law.

The book is divided into two parts. Part one is concerned with 'Making Bodies' and includes papers relating to transactions in human gametes, cloning, court-ordered caesarean sections, testing for genetic risk, the patenting of human genes and the social policy implications of the growth in genetic information. Part two is concerned with 'Using and Abusing Bodies'. It contains chapters relating to sexualities, sexual orientation and the law, sex workers and their clients, domestic homicide, religious and cultural practices and other issues involving children's bodies, the ownership of the body and body parts and the legal and ethical issues surrounding euthanasia.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrew Bainham is a Fellow of Christ's College,Cambridge and Reader in Family Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge.
Shelley Day Sclater is a Reader in Psycho-Social Studies at the University of East London and co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research.
Martin Richards is Emeritus Professor of Family Research at the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hart Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1841131962
• ISBN 13: 9781841131962
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Bainham Andrew, Sclater Shelley Day, Richards Martin
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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