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Body lore and laws /
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,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
©2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.