Biotechnology and the challenge of property : property rights in dead bodies, body parts, and genetic information / Remigius N. Nwabueze.

Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007], ©2007.

xxi, 367 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-356) and index.

The nature, uses and meaning of property -- Biotechnology and the property jurisprudence on the human body and parts -- Cultural and ontological contexts of biotechnology and the human body -- DNA banks and proprietary interests in biosamples and genetic information -- Remedies for interference with dead bodies and body parts : property and non-property approaches -- Property and traditional knowledge.