title: Gametes, embryos and the life in being: the impact of reproductive technology on the rule against perpetuities.
abstract: As the twenty-first century begins, changing technology is testing old rules of property law. In this Article, the author discusses the effect of modern technology on the Role Against Perpetuities. This discussion includes the arguments for and against recognition of the embryo as a life in being, as well as suggestions for legislative solutions to this issue.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: McCrimmon
mesh_terms: D015925:Cryopreservation; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005854:Germ Cells; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D010067:Ownership / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028723:Personhood; D037022:Posthumous Conception; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*