Are Persons Property?: Legal Debates About Property and Personality

by Margaret Davies, Ngaire Naffine

In a theoretical treatise, law scholars Davies (Flinders U.) and Naffine (Adelaide U.) argue that in a number of important respects, people can still be rendered unfree and effectively reduced to something akin to the property of another in certain situations and under certain conditions. They therefore question the purity of the modern distinction between property and personality. They point out for example that women are particularly susceptible to certain form of commodification, and that modern law commodifies the person at the end of life. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

209 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001