ABSTRACT
In this collection, we bring together legal academics, philosophers and sociologists from both the UK and Australia to delve into the detail of the merits or otherwise of a property approach to the regulation of human biomaterials. The collection comprises an assortment of contributions that address the broad doctrinal and theoretical questions, and also drill down into some of the highly specific legal issues implicated in the body-ownership debate. However, we wanted to do more than merely present a collection of views on the question of whether property law is the right mechanism for regulating human biomaterials. From the start, we committed ourselves to a collaborative process, in which all authors would be invited to review one another’s work with a view to promoting cross-fertilisation of ideas across the chapters. Authors were also encouraged to reference one another’s work, and respond to arguments put forward by other contributors to the collection. Our goal, through this collaborative process, was to produce a collection that encapsulates the body–property debate, and allowed contributors both to present their views, and address those with whom they both agreed and disagreed.
Goold, Imogen and Greasley, Kate and Herring, Jonathan JW and Skene, Loane, Introduction to ‘Persons, Parts and Property’ (May 10, 2014). I Goold et al, ‘Introduction’ in I Goold, J Herring, L Skene and K Greasley (eds) Persons, Parts and Property: How Should we Regulate Human Tissue in the 21st Century?, (Oxford: Hart, 2014), pp 1-11.
First posted 2021-04-27 08:45:41
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