Disposition of human remains
Subtitle: a legal research guide
By: by Tanya D. Marsh
Series: Legal research guides -- volume 65; Legal research guides -- vol. 65
Publisher: William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Getzville, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
ISBN-13: 9780837740003
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Dead bodies (Law); Legal research; States; Burial laws; Cemeteries; Law and legislation
Description: This guide covers the body of laws governing the status, treatment, and disposition of human remains in the United States. It provides a framework for conceptualizing the law and identifies the major relevant primary and secondary sources. It contains an orientation and summary of the topic, gives a list of the relevant titles and chapters of each state's code, identifies the leading common law cases, and includes categorized lists of secondary sources on general and specific topics related to the disposition of human remains.--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Scope; title: The law of disposition of human remains; title: Selected reference materials; title: State statutory law; title: Principles of common law; title: Secondary sources (general); title: Secondary sources (specific topics).