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Organ transplants from executed prisoners : an argument for the creation of death sentence organ removal statutes

Title
Organ transplants from executed prisoners : an argument for the creation of death sentence organ removal statutes / by Louis J. Palmer, Jr. ; foreword by Cynthia L. Bowman.
Author
Palmer, Louis J., Jr., 1956-
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©1999.

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Book/TextUse in library KF3827.D66 P35 1999Off-site

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Description
x, 156 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
  • Donation of organs, tissues, etc. > Law and legislation > United States
  • Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Law and legislation > United States
  • Dead bodies (Law) > United States
  • Capital punishment > United States
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Capital Punishment > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Organ Transplantation > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Prisoners > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Tissue Donors > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Capital punishment
  • Dead bodies (Law)
  • Donation of organs, tissues, etc. > Law and legislation
  • Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Law and legislation
  • Transplantatie
  • Gevangenen
  • Doodstraf
  • Regelgeving
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-150) and index.
Contents
1. Creation of rights in a corpse -- 2. The market for human body parts -- 3. Removing transplantable organs of capital felons -- 4. Organ-removal statutes and the United States Constitution -- 5. The need for a new method of execution -- 6. Other necessary changes in capital punishment laws -- 7. Practical considerations.
ISBN
  • 0786406739
  • 9780786406739
LCCN
99015655
OCLC
  • ocm41272965
  • 41272965
  • SCSB-9013311
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library