La protection réelle de l’embryon
Real protection means effective protection through existing positive law. The article attempts to demonstrate that the embryo is an object entitled to a safeguards attributed by the law to human life as such. It denies that the embryo has subjective rights and therefore can acquire the legal qualifi...
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doaj-74003ffe10624c7791163cd07d33ad7e2020-11-24T21:00:20ZfraL’HarmattanDroit et Cultures0247-97882109-94212006-06-0151145160La protection réelle de l’embryonCosimo Marco MazzoniReal protection means effective protection through existing positive law. The article attempts to demonstrate that the embryo is an object entitled to a safeguards attributed by the law to human life as such. It denies that the embryo has subjective rights and therefore can acquire the legal qualification of subject of law or a person. The meaning of the concept of life is different, be it from the biological or legal point of view. European civil codes give legal capacity to the foetus who was born alive. Before this moment, the legal system has the possibility to give protection to the embryo but this protection is different from the norm protecting human life of an already born person. Consequently the protection of the embryo is independent from the qualification of the embryo as a subject.http://journals.openedition.org/droitcultures/894distinction between things and personsEmbryoobject of legal protectionsubject of rights |
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La protection réelle de l’embryon |
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La protection réelle de l’embryon |
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La protection réelle de l’embryon |
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La protection réelle de l’embryon |
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la protection réelle de l’embryon |
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L’Harmattan |
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Droit et Cultures |
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0247-9788 2109-9421 |
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Real protection means effective protection through existing positive law. The article attempts to demonstrate that the embryo is an object entitled to a safeguards attributed by the law to human life as such. It denies that the embryo has subjective rights and therefore can acquire the legal qualification of subject of law or a person. The meaning of the concept of life is different, be it from the biological or legal point of view. European civil codes give legal capacity to the foetus who was born alive. Before this moment, the legal system has the possibility to give protection to the embryo but this protection is different from the norm protecting human life of an already born person. Consequently the protection of the embryo is independent from the qualification of the embryo as a subject. |
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distinction between things and persons Embryo object of legal protection subject of rights |
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