Organ donation and the divine lien in Talmudic law : a pound of flesh /
Madeline Kochen, J.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan, Law School.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beyond gift and commodity: rethinking the compartmentalization approach to the problem of commodification -- Alternate property conceptions : the donor's lien -- "From the table of the most high" : divine ownership and private property in Talmudic law -- "And your brother shall live with you" : the divine lien and the obligation to save human life -- Returning a "lost body" with one's body : human organ transplantation and the (re)consecration of the body.