Body Parts: Property Rights and the Ownership of Human Biological Materials
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.68 (565 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0878406611 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 290 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Given the international aspects of both intellectual property law and biotechnology, this book will be of interest throughout the world and especially valuable in common-law (most English-speaking) countries.. Analyzing a series of court decisions concerning property rights, Gold explores whether the language and assumptions of property law can help society determine who has rights to human biological materials.Gold observes that the commercial opportunities unleashed by advances in biotechnology present a challenge to the ways that society has traditionally valued the human body and human health. In a balanced discussion of both commercial and individual perspectives, Gold asserts the need to understand human biological materials within the context of human values, rather than economic interests.This perceptive book will be welcomed by scholars and other professionals engaged in questions regarding bioethics, applied ethics, the philosophy of value, and property and intellectual propert
. Gold is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at The University of Western Ontario
Karen Lebacqz said The clash of law and religion: Who owns our body parts?. E Richard Gold's Body Parts is 'must' reading for anyone interested in the patenting of genes or biological materials. Gold demonstrates that the law is moving inexorably in the direction of attending only to economic values, whereas historically and in most religious traditions, the human body serves many values outside of economics.. KSD said Excellent book.. I can legally rent (implying multiple rentals) human cadaver heads and body parts in Michigan. Don't believe me? Then purchase this book and then read it. Awesome.
Richard Gold examines whether the body and materials derived from it - such as human organs and DNA - should be thought of as market commodities and subject to property law. . In a balanced discussion of both commercial and individual perspectives, Gold asserts the need to understand human biological materials within the context of human values, rather than economic interests. From the Back Cover In Body Parts, E. Analyzing a series of court decisions concerning property rights, Gold explores whether the language and assumptions of p