Biotechnology and the challenge of property : property rights in dead bodies, body parts, and genetic information / Remigius N. Nwabueze.

  • Nwabueze, Remigius N., 1968-
Date:
[2007], ©2007
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Publication/Creation

Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007], ©2007.

Physical description

xxi, 367 pages ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-356) and index.

Contents

The nature, uses and meaning of property -- Biotechnology and the property jurisprudence on the human body and parts -- Cultural and ontological contexts of biotechnology and the human body -- DNA banks and proprietary interests in biosamples and genetic information -- Remedies for interference with dead bodies and body parts : property and non-property approaches -- Property and traditional knowledge.

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    Medical Collection
    K3925.B56 2007N83b
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ISBN

  • 0754671682
  • 9780754671688