Body Lore and Laws; Richards, Martin (Professor Of Family Research And Director; Author: Bainham, Andrew (Fellow Of Christ'S College, Cambridge And U; Author: Sclater, Shelley Day (Senior Lecturer, University Of East Lo; Paperback

Richards, Martin (Professor Of Family Research And Director; Author: Bainham, Andrew (Fellow Of Christ'S College, Cambridge And U; Author: Sclater, Shelley Day (Senior Lecturer, University Of East Lo
Paperback
400 pages
Published: January 2002
Hart Publishing
ISBN: 1841131970
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This book, the second produced by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, is a collection of essays on the subject of law and the human body. A collection of essays on the subject of law and the human body. Bodies and body parts are not only subject to regulation through formal legal processes, but also the meanings attached to particular bodies, and the significance accorded to some body parts, are aspects of broader cultural processes.