LAWS 2201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tubal Ligation, Parens Patriae, Legal Personality
16 Dec 2017
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Examining the protected boundaries of the body of the legal person [human] body; Blackstone"s position: a person"s integrity depended on a legally enforceable right to police the boundaries of the body. Full personhood was equated with the effective exercise of something akin to a property right in one"s body and. Radin"s view that our property right in ourselves and our possessions ensures that the other must keep off and keep out. l6 slide 6. Legal concepts of body integrity and autonomy. Liberty and choice flowing to the legal person as a subject in law. Distinction between paternalistic approach and rights-based approach. Paternalistic ideas of the body ("violation" permitted when seen to be doing for the good of a person) and. Rights-based ideas (violation not permitted as seen as doing "to" the person, inherently contrary to the good or integrity of the person) Legal views of enforceability of surrogacy agreements. Adults have full legal capacity as legal persons.
