Biotechnology and the Challenge of Property (Medical Law and Ethics)

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Table of Cases......Page 12
Table of Statutes......Page 20
Introduction......Page 24
Introduction......Page 30
The Relations of Property......Page 31
The Characteristics and Forms of Property......Page 35
The Meaning of Property......Page 47
Conclusion......Page 55
Introduction......Page 58
Framework of Analysis: Property, Tort, Consent or Human Rights?......Page 62
Historical Background of the No-Property Rule in Dead Bodies......Page 67
The Dominant Paradigms of Property......Page 89
Nature of Proprietary Interests and Rights......Page 100
Ainsworth’s Case and Biomedical Technology......Page 105
Suggested Routes to Finding a Property Interest in the Human Body......Page 108
Why Not Property in the Human Body?......Page 114
Statutory Limitation of Property Right in the Human Body......Page 117
Conclusion......Page 121
Introduction......Page 124
Worldview of the Ibos......Page 126
Legal Implications of the Ibo Worldview......Page 133
Exception to the Property Rule Under Ibo Customary Law......Page 135
Effect of the Received English Law on the Law of Dead Bodies......Page 137
American and English Distinctions Between the ‘Dead Body’ or ‘Corpse’ and Skeletal Remains......Page 138
Is a Stillborn a Dead Body?......Page 144
Nigerian Statutory Laws Affecting the Human Body and its Remains......Page 145
Impact of African Mortuary Law on Scientific and Biomedical Research......Page 165
Conclusion......Page 168
Introduction......Page 170
Some of the Uses of DNA Banks......Page 173
The Iceland Health Sector Database......Page 176
Icelandic Biobanks Law......Page 178
Ownership Issues under the Icelandic Legislation......Page 180
Judicial Analysis of the HSD......Page 183
The Estonian Gene Banking Project......Page 186
Tonga DNA Sale......Page 189
Newfoundland and Labrador......Page 191
Ownership of DNA and Genetic Data outside Statutory Context......Page 192
Genes as Information......Page 198
Conclusion......Page 212
Nervous Shock or Psychiatric Injury......Page 214
Invasion of Privacy......Page 227
Consent and Informed Consent......Page 234
Constitutional and Human Rights Protection......Page 238
Unjust Enrichment......Page 242
Property Remedy......Page 248
Conversion......Page 251
Conclusion......Page 254
Introduction......Page 256
The Meaning, Nature and Relevance of Traditional Knowledge......Page 257
The Protection of Traditional Knowledge......Page 262
Frameworks for Protecting Traditional Knowledge......Page 270
The Sui Generis Option......Page 291
The International Contexts of Traditional Knowledge......Page 304
Conclusion......Page 317
Bibliography......Page 320
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I......Page 384
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U......Page 389
Z......Page 390