The trespasses of property law.

Journal article

The purpose of this article is to identify a limit to the appropriate application of property law to the use and storage of bodily material. I argue here that property law ought to be limited to protecting 'contingent rights' and that recent cases where property rights have been recognised in semen represent the application of property law beyond this limit. I also suggest how the law ought to develop in order to avoid the overextensive use of property law.

Authors: Wall, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of medical ethics
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 19-22
• Publication date: 2014-01-01
• DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2013-101439
• EISSN: 1473-4257
• ISSN: 0306-6800
• Language: English
• Keywords: Legal Philosophy; Human Tissue; Law; In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer; Donation/Procurement of Organs/Tissues