The law and the dead
By: Heather Conway
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781315867656
Subjects: Human body; Law and legislation; Dead bodies (Law); Burial laws
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Death and its immediate aftermath; title: Bodily disposal laws; title: Disposal of the dead : legal rights and responsibilities; title: Resolving funeral disputes; title: Funeral instructions : the case for ante-mortem planning; title: Utilising parts of the dead : organ donation and posthumous reproduction; title: Exhuming the dead; title: Memorialising the dead; title: The law and the dead : time for a re-evaluation?.