[1] Gregson v Gilbert (1783) 99 ER 629.
[2] Act 3 & 4 William IV. C. 73. Cited in H Catterall, Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro, Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968 at 13.
[3] Cartwright's Case (1569) 2 Rushworth 468.
[4] Somerset v Stewart (1772) Lofft 1 cited in Jud at 15
[5] For example see Williams v Williams [1881] Ch D 659 or Doodeward v Spence (1908) 6 CLR 406.
[6] Haynes's Case (1614) 12 Co. REP. 113
[7] R Atherton, "Claims on the deceased: The Corpse as Property", (2000) 7 Journal of Law and Medicine 361 at 366.
[8] R Magnusson, "The Recognition of Proprietary Rights in Human Tissue in Common Law Jurisdictions", (1992) 18 Melbourne University Law Review 601 at 603.
[9] Dr Handyside's Case; Exelby v Handyside (1749) 2 East PC 652
[10] P Matthews, "Whose Body? People As Property", (1983) Current Legal Problems 193 at 208.
[11] Above n 10 at 210.
[12] See for example Stephen's assertion that a corpse could not be stolen cited in P Matthews, "Whose Body? People As Property", (1983) Current Legal Problems 193 at 197.
[13] R v Cundick (1822) Dowl. & Ry N.P. 13
[14] Above n. 13 at 14.
[15] R v Sharpe (1856) Dears & Bell 159.
[16] Above n. 15 at 160.
[17] Smith v Tamworth City Council (unreported) No. 4196 of 1996, 14 May 1997.
[18] Smith v Tamworth City Council (unreported) No. 4196 of 1996, 14 May 1997.
[19] R v Stewart (1840) 12 Ad & E 773
[20] R Magnusson, "The Recognition of Proprietary Rights in Human Tissue in Common Law Jurisdictions", (1992) 18 Melbourne University Law Review 601 at 611.
[21] Williams v Williams [1881] Ch D 659.
[22] Brotherton v Cleveland 923 F 2d 477.
[23] Doodeward v Spence (1908) 6 CLR 406.
[24] Above n. 23 at 411.
[25] Above n. 23 at 414.
[26] Above n. 23 at 414.
[27] Above n. 23 at 412.
[28] Above n. 23 at 412.
[29] Above n. 23 at 416.
[30] M Lynch, "Property in Human Gametic Material and the New Reproductive Technologies", (1999) 6 Journal of Law and Medicine 348 at 352.
[31] Doodeward v Spence (1908) 6 CLR 406 at 422.
[32] Stephen's History of Criminal Law cited in P Matthews, "Whose Body? People As Property", (1983) Current Legal Problems 193 at 219.
[33] R v Kelly and Lindsay [1998] EWCA Crim 1578 (14th May, 1998).
[34] D Ranson, "Medical Issues", (1998) 6 Journal of Law and Medicine 16 at 16.
[35] R v Kelly and Lindsay [1998] EWCA Crim 1578 (14th May, 1998) at paragraph 39.
[36] Above n. 35 at paragraph 42.
[37] Above n. 35 at paragraph 42.
[38] L Griggs, "The ownership of Excised Body Parts Does an Individual Have the Right to Sell?" (1994) 1 Journal of Law and Medicine 223 at 226.
[39] The State v Truesdale (1972)13 NC App 622.
[40] J Potts, "Moore v Regents of the University of California", (1992) 86 Northwestern University Law Review 453 at 485.
[41] For example see R v Herbert (1961) 25 Journal of Criminal Law 163.
[42] R v Welsh [1974] RTR 478
[43] D Mortimer, "Property Rights in Body Parts: The relevance of Moore's Case in Australia", (1993) 19 Monash University Law Review 217 at 244
[44] R v Rothery [1976] RTR 550.
[45] D Mortimer, "Property Rights in Body Parts: The relevance of Moore's Case in Australia", (1993) 19 Monash University Law Review 217 at 245.
[46] E v Australian Red Cross Society (1991) 99 ALR 601.
[47] PQ v Australian Red Cross Society [1992] 1 VR 19.
[48] J Potts, "Moore v Regents of the University of California", (1992) 86 Northwestern University Law Review 453 at 455.
[49] J Potts, "Moore v Regents of the University of California", (1992) 86 Northwestern University Law Review 453 at 455.
[50] Above n. 49 at 455
[51] D Mortimer, "Property Rights in Body Parts: The relevance of Moore's Case in Australia", (1993) 19 Monash University Law Review 217 at 219.
[52] Above n. 48 at 174.
[53] Above n. 48 at 174.
[54] Pecar v National Australia Trustees Ltd (The Estate of Ivan Urlich Deceased) (unreported) (96002518) Number 2518 of 1996, 27 November 1996.
[55] Dobson v North Tyneside Health Authority (1996) 4 All ER 474.
[56] Roche v Douglas as Administrator of the Estate of Edward John Hamilton Rowan (Dec) (unreported) [2000] WASC 146 (7 June 2000).
[57] Above n. 56 at paragraph 3.
[58] Above n. 56 at paragraph 14.
[59] AW v CW [2002] NSWSC 301 (17 April 2002).
[60] AB v Attorney General of Victoria (unreported, Supreme court of Victoria No 6553 of 1998, 23 July 1998).
[61] M Lynch, "Property in Human Gametic Material and the New Reproductive Technologies", (1999) 6 Journal of Law and Medicine 348 at 352.
[62] Maw v Western Area Health Service (2000) 49 NSWLR 231.
[63] In the matter of Gray [2000] QSC 390
[64] In the matter of Gray [2000] QSC 390 at 7.
[65] R v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; Ex parte Blood [1997] 2 All ER 687.
[66] Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1994) 179 CLR 520.
[67] Brodie v Singleton Shire Council [2001] HCA 29 (31 May 2001).
[68] Above n. 67 at paragraph 79.
[69] Above n. 67 at paragraph 227.
[70] Above n. 67 at paragraph 65.
[71] E Jaffe, "She's Got Bette Davis['s] Eyes: Assessing the Non-consensual Removal of Cadaver Organs Under the Takings and Due Process Clauses", (1990) 90 Columbia Law Review 528
[72] Mabo v Queensland (1992) 175 CLR 1
[73] Bentham cited in M Lynch, "Property in Human Gametic Material and the New Reproductive Technologies", (1999) 6 Journal of Law and Medicine 348 at 352 at 349.
[74] L Griggs, "The ownership of Excised Body Parts Does an Individual Have the Right to Sell?" (1994) 1 Journal of Law and Medicine 223 at 224.
[75] J Potts, "Moore v Regents of the University of California", (1992) 86 Northwestern University Law Review 453 at 481.
[76] Mabo v Queensland (1992) 175 CLR 1.
[77] Above n. 76 per Brennan J at paragraph 53.
[78] S 32 Human Tissue Act 1983.
[79] Andrus v Allard 444 US 51 (1979) cited in Columbia Law Review.
[80] R v Vines and Williamson (1993) 70 A Crim R 113.
[81] Bollen J in Anic and Styliano and Suleyman v R (1993) 68 A Crim R 313 at paragraph 6.
[82] Griffith CJ Doodeward v Spence (1908) 6 CLR 406 at 412.
[83] Mabo v Queensland (1992) 175 CLR 1.
[84] Griffiths CJ in Doodeward v Spence (1908) 6 CLR 406 at 411.
[85] D Resnik, "DNA Patents and Human Dignity", (2001) 29 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 152 at 152.
[86] M Neave, C Rossiter & M Stone, Property Law Cases and Materials, 6th ed, Sydney: Butterworths 1999 at 3.
[87] See discussions of these problems in G Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons", (1968) 162 Science 1243.
[88] G Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons", (1968) 162 Science 1243.
[89] Above n. 88 at 1245.
[90] Above n. 88 at 1246.
[91] J Yeomans, "Judge lashes 'crass' price tag on people", The Australian July 28-29 2001, page 3.
[92] Moore v Regents of University of California (1990) 51 Cal. 3d 120 at 160.