Description: This interdisciplinary book, produced by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, is a collection of critical essays on law and the human body.
Brief description: Shelley Day Sclater has been a lawyer and academic social scientist and now works as a freelance writer and researcher. She was Professor of Psychology and Law at the University of East London.
Review Quotes:
"A great strength of the work is the diversity of topics covered.
A reader approaching this book may want to focus on a particular topic or set of topics, but, if one takes the time to read all of the essays, s/he will, I believe, come away with a renewed appreciation of the diversity and complexity of issues at stake in this arena of legal discourse." --The Law and Politics Book Review
The 18 chapters constitute a useful volume for academics and (undergraduate and postgraduate) students 'working on the body' in a range of disciplines." --Child and Family Law Quarterly