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Thus, to date, American society has not received a comprehensive federal orstate law or comprehensive model dealing with paid surrogacy. People are entitledto the rules of surrogate motherhood, where it is permitted. Advancements in bio-technology should be addressed by the state and federal government to keep sciencefrom confounding the law.

[Howard M. Fuld is an associate professor of biology at Bronx Community College ofthe City University of New York and a specialist in the relationship of biology toethics and law. He holds a B.S. & M.A. from City College of New York, and a Ph.D.New York University.David O. Fuller is an adjunct assistant professor of paralegal studies at BronxCommunity College of the City University of New York, a partner in the Manhattan lawfirm of Baker, Nelson <5c Williams, and a also a Village Justice in Westchester Coun-ty. He holds an A.B. from Wheaton College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.]

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{BLR 817} BLR BIBLIOGRAPHY: Words - Classification.

THE WORD TREE: A Transitive Cladistic for Solving Physical and Social Problems.By Dr. Henry C. Burger. 1984. 380 pages. Published by the Wordtree, 7306 Brit-tany, Merriam, Kansas 66203-4699. $149.00.

Reviewed by Joanne P. Will

The Wordtree is described as a Transitive Cladistic for Solving Physical andSocial Problems. The book is geared to attorneys, natural scientists, social scien-tists, patent attorneys and word gamesters, to name just a few members of the recom-mended audience.

In this monumental tome anthropologist Burger has taken 24,600 actions that canaffect the environment, i.e. transitive verbs or actemes, and bisected them intotheir component parts. For example, Fireproof = starve + impermeable. He has grou-ped them alphabetically and by hierarchy according to the complexity of the action.However, the best way to realize the usefulness of The Wordtree is by example.Thus, the problem of flammability can be solved by removing oxygen from somethingand reducing its permeability by closing its pores.

However, The Wordtree is more than a problem solver, it's a marvelous way toimprove your vocabulary in that it functions as a thesaurus. For this reason TheWordtree is a good investment for attorneys whose credibility depends upon preciseuse of language. Improving your vocabulary need not be tedious. The author givesdirections for wordgames and offers the possibility of on-line wordgame service.

For example: bind and snug = withe while bind and stripe = fasciate. To defunc-tionalize by overworking is to jade. To divide and equal is to aliquot while todivide and exploit is to divvy. To fuel and sustain is to feed while to fuel andsatisfy is to victual.

Before one can use the Wordtree effectively it is essential that one obtain a

copy of the Wordtree Tutorial. Its free from the publisher upon request (order #Fl58p) and I suggest you ask for several copies when you order the book. The tutor-

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ial walks you through several exercises using both the hierarchy and index sectionsof the book. It is the best way to familiarize yourself with the all importantmechanics of using the book.

The hardest part about using Wordtree is becoming accustomed to the symbols andvery small print. In order to derive maximum benefit from the Wordtree you need tofeel comfortable with the many symbols the author had devised for the sake of savingspace. Without the use of symbols this work would outsize (exceed and dwarf) theOxford Dictionary. When I began using the Wordtree, I constantly had to flip backand forth from the Index and Hierarchy pages to page one where the symbol decoderappears. Its inconvenient but necessary.

While I was impressed at the magnitude of Burger's work, I found it cumbersometo use. However, to his credit, Professor Burger does not promise on the spot faci-lity with his book. He unequivocally states that practice is "the way you will be-come accustomed to The Wordtree's novel way of viewing the world as process and not

merely structure." Thus, if you are willing to invest the time to learn the system,Wordtree is a worthy addition to your library.

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Human Body Exploitation.SCIENCES DE LA VIE: DE L'ETHIQUE AU DROITEtude du Conseil d'etatDOCUMENTATION FRANÇAISE (Paris,207 pages, French Language only)

NOT FOR SALE: FRANCE DISCUSSES HUMAN BODY EXPLOITATIONS

by Daniel H. DeCournoyer

A prominent committee of nine men and nine women had recommended to the Frenchgovernment that it maintain and institutionalize the current legal opposition tocommercial exploitation of the human body in France. The committee's argument isbased on the French legal principle that the body and the person are indivisible.

In a report entitled: LIFE SCIENCES-

FROM ETHICS TO LAW, the prominent advi-sors, who are not in an elected capacity, make several precise recommendations alongwith presenting facts and figures on the status of scientific and medical researchin France and elsewhere.

They have recommended that the ban on scientific and medical experimentationwithout therapeutic end be continued, and, that in no case, should the use of paid(or prison) human subjects be allowed. "The body has become the person, you cannotreturn it to the status of just body." (p.16)

Prepared at the request of Premier Jacques Chirac, the report is expected tohave an impact in the European Community as France is considered in the forefront ofdealing with issued of ethics and science. The current French opposition to commer-

cial and forced experimentation grows from a 1937 decision involving the forcedsterilization of the inmates of the Bordeaux asylum. The 1947 Nuremberg Code is