Abstract
This interdisciplinary paper, drawing on empirical and doctrinal research regarding artificial limbs and digital avatars, analyses two concepts which are argued to be core to the person – integrity and identity. From the perspective of a person who is a prosthetic user, the paper then evaluates the extent to which two legal regimes which are highly relevant to prosthetics, medical devices regulation (and its delivery) and intellectual property (and its power), engage with the person, integrity and identity with a focus on approaches taken to authority and control. The paper criticises the meaning which law generates regarding the person. It calls for new approaches to be taken by the legal regimes explored to the person, identity and integrity; and for a new multifaceted interdisciplinary driven approach to the person.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 161-184 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Law, Innovation and Technology |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 27 Sept 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2018 |
Bibliographical note
This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust Seed Award “Identity, Governance and Bodily Extensions” under Grant 201515/Z/16/Z (application reference UNS17486).There are no financial conflicts of interest or benefits arising from this research.
Keywords
- Person
- integrity
- identity
- intellectual property
- medical devices
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Abbe Brown
- Coastal Communities
- School of Law, Centre for Commercial Law
- School of Law, Law - Professor in Intellectual Property
- School of Law, Centre for Energy Law
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