Le corps de l'enfant

Sammanfattning: The thesis is divided in two main parts. On one hand the protection of the child's body, on the other its utilization. One tries to verify to what extent the protection and the utilization can be compatible and to criticize the situations where utilization takes over protection. Mostly one studies the medical right because it allows to separate the notion of body from the one of person. The parental power is analyzed in the different types of families as well as the conditions of its exercise, like the interest of the child, the information of the parents, the evaluation of the seriousness and the urgency of the medical operation. One also takes into consideration the participation of the child in the bringing of the question to a decision, as well as the intervention of the judge in case of danger. The part dealing with the utilization of the body involves an analysis of the laws of july 29, 1994, known as bioethical laws. One studies the taking of organs - especially the bone marrow - as well as the genetic tests or print taking, based on samples from children's bodies. The experimentation of biomedical technics and the abuses that can be linked to them are also be taken in account. The states before birth and after death are autonomously considered because the status of the child is controversial in these cases. The embryo and fetus are only very partly protected and differently according to their localization in utero or in vitro.