The State and the Body: Legal Regulation of Bodily Autonomy

by Elizabeth Wicks

Book Overview

This book investigates the limits of the legitimate role of the state in regulating the human body. It questions whether there is a public interest in issues of bodily autonomy, with particular focus on reproductive choices, end of life choices, sexual autonomy, body modifications and selling the body. The main question addressed in this book is whether such autonomous choices about the human body are, and should be, subject to state regulation. Potential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509928855
• ISBN13: 9781509928859
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"