The Law and the Dead

ISBN-13: 9780367596842 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 296 str.

Heather Conway

Opis

This book focuses on the substantive laws around disposal of the recently deceased and associated issues around their post-mortem fate. The book looks primarily at the laws and related policy issues in England and Wales but also offers a comparative approach, drawing heavily on material from other comparable common law jurisdictions including Au

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Death and Its Immediate Aftermath  2. Bodily Disposal Laws  3.Disposal of the Dead: Legal Rights and Responsibilities  4. Resolving Funeral Disputes  5. Funeral Instructions: The Case for Ante-Mortem Planning  6. Utilising Parts of the Dead: Organ Donation and Posthumous Reproduction  7. Exhuming the Dead  8. Memorialising the Dead  9.  The Law and the Dead: Time for a Re-Evaluation?

O autorze

Heather Conway is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen’s University, Belfast.