Death Rites and Rights
Contributors: Belinda Brooks-Gordon (Editor); Fatemeh Ebtehaj (Editor); Jonathan Herring (Editor); Martin H. Johnson (Editor); Martin Richards (Editor)
Publisher: Hart Pub
Published: November 12, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781841137322
Subjects: Jurisprudence & General Issues; Death & Dying; Public; Law
Description: The essays in this collection tackle the diverse ways in which death is now experienced in modern society, in the process answering a wide variety of questions, including how is death defined by law? Do the dead have legal rights? What compensation exists for death and how is death valued?