Vindicating the right to bodily security of the incapable in research – Part 1

Austen Garwood-Gowers(1)

Introduction
The concept of a right to bodily security centres partly on freedom from being forced to do things with one’s body and freedom from intrusion on it. Restriction of this right can be consistent with respecting individuals but seemingly only where its exercise would clash with their own interests or the rights of others. In spite of this, restriction founded on meeting the mere needs of others has been a persistent feature of discourse, law and practice in a number of fields, not least research where it is often targeted at incapable persons.

Footnotes:
(1) Senior Lecturer in Law, Nottingham Law School,Nottingham Trent University. Many thanks to Tom Lewis, also Senior Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Law School, for helpful discussion and thoughtful comments on the text.

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