The Body, Bodily Material, and the Law
by
Jesse Wall
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
When part of a person's body is separated from them, or when a person dies, it is unclear what legal status the item of bodily material is able to obtain. A 'no property rule' which states that there is no property in the human body was first recorded in an English judgment in 1882. Claims based on...