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Article: No value for a pound of flesh: extending market-inalienability of the human body.
- Article from:
- Journal of Law and Health
- Article date:
- June 22, 2003
- Author:
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I. INTRODUCTION
II. HISTORICO-LEGAL TREATMENT
OF THE HUMAN BODY
A. Doctrinal and Philosophical Theories
on "Propertization" of the Human Body
B. Case Study of the Human Body
and its Parts as "Quasi" Property
III. CONTEMPORARY LAWS AND POLICIES
REGARDING SALES OF HUMAN ORGANS
IV. CONTEMPORARY LAWS AND MARKET
PRACTICES REGARDING SALES OF GAMETES
V. ANALYSIS OF DISPARATE LEGAL TREATMENT
OF HUMAN "PARTS" AND "PRODUCTS"
VI. CONCLUSION
I. INTRODUCTION
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