| Description |
xiii, 308 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : death writes / by Martin Richards and Martin H. Johnson -- The meaning of death / by P.-L. Chau and Jonathan Herring -- Death, euthanasia and the medical profession / by Emily Jackson -- Criminalising carers : death desires and assisted dying outlaws / by Hazel Biggs -- Is there a human right to die? / by Antje Du Bois-Pedain -- Religious perspectives on the afterlife : origin, development and funeral rituals in the Christian tradition / by Peter C. Jupp -- Purgatory : the beginning and the end / by Frank Woodman and Judith Middleton-Stewart -- Rites, rights, writing : 'Tintern Abbey', death and the will / by Sarah Goodwin -- Death, ritual and material culture in South London / by Daniel Miller and Fiona Parrott -- Death on the edge of the lifeworld : the (mis-)appropriation of (post-)modern death / by Graham Scambler -- Dealing with bodies -- 'Hot' homicides and the role of police-suspect interviews in the investigation of illegal deaths / by Martin Innes -- Property, harm and the corpse / by David Price -- Crimes against the dead / by Jonathan Herring -- Death and tort / by Steve Hedley -- An anatomist's perspective on the Human Tissue Act 2004 / by Joanne Wilton -- Anatomical bodies and materials of memory / by Elizabeth Hallam |
| Notes |
Published on behalf of the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Dead bodies (Law)
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Death -- Public opinion.
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Death -- Religious aspects.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Law and legislation.
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| Author |
Brooks-Gordon, Belinda.
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Cambridge Socio-Legal Group.
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| LC no. |
2008273163 |
| ISBN |
1841137324 (paperback) |
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9781841137322 (paperback) |
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