Heather Conway

The Law and the Dead

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780367596842
• ISBN-10: 0367596849
• Artikelnr.: 69895315

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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?