The fate of the dead is a compelling and emotive subject, which also raises increasingly complex legal questions. This book focuses on the substantive laws around disposal of the recently deceased and associated issues around their post-mortem fate. It looks primarily at the laws in England and Wales but also offers a comparative approach, drawing heavily on material from other common law jurisdictions including Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.
The book provides an in-depth, contextual and comparative analysis of the substantive laws and policy issues around corpse...
The fate of the dead is a compelling and emotive subject, which also raises increasingly complex legal questions. This book focuses on the substant...