Legal Hybrids: On the Legal Status of Foetuses and Embryos
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Legal Hybrids : On the Legal Status of Foetuses and Embryos. / Herrmann, Janne Rothmar.
In: Medical Law International, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2009, p. 1-22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Legal Hybrids
T2 - On the Legal Status of Foetuses and Embryos
AU - Herrmann, Janne Rothmar
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The article discusses the inadequacy of traditional theory on legal personhood in relation to embryos and foetuses. To challenge the somewhat binary view of legal personhood according to which the ‘born alive' criterion is paramount the article demonstrates that the number of legal categories in which embryos and foetuses are placed are much more complex. These categories are identified using Danish legislation as an example and on that basis the article extracts and identifies the different parameters that play a part in the legal categorisation of the human conceptus.
AB - The article discusses the inadequacy of traditional theory on legal personhood in relation to embryos and foetuses. To challenge the somewhat binary view of legal personhood according to which the ‘born alive' criterion is paramount the article demonstrates that the number of legal categories in which embryos and foetuses are placed are much more complex. These categories are identified using Danish legislation as an example and on that basis the article extracts and identifies the different parameters that play a part in the legal categorisation of the human conceptus.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 22
JO - Medical Law International
JF - Medical Law International
SN - 0968-5332
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 12389417