After we die : the life and times of the human cadaver /

This volume chronicles not only a human corpse's physical state but also its legal and moral status, including what rights, if any, the corpse possesses. The author argues that a corpse maintains a "quasi-human status" granting it certain protected rights-both legal and moral. One of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cantor, Norman L.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Sacrilege. Offenses against the person. Burial laws. Dead > Legal status, laws, etc. Human body > Law and legislation. Dead bodies (Law) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

When does a person become a corpse?
The human nature of a cadaver
The legal status of the postliving : do corpses have rights?
Decomposition of the body and efforts to slow its disintegration
Final disposal of human remains
Eternal preservation of the deceased : literally and figuratively
The cadaver as supplier of used body parts
The cadaver as teacher, research subject, or forensic witness
The cadaver as parent
Body snatching, then and now
Desecration of human remains
Public display and the dignity of human remains
Don't neglect the fate of your remains.