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After We Die
Norman L. Cantor
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Description for After We Die
Hardback. What will become of our earthly remains? What happens to our bodies during and after the various forms of cadaver disposal available? Who controls the fate of human remains? What legal and moral constraints apply? The author provides a graphic, informative, and entertaining exploration of these questions. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: MBD; MQZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
What will become of our earthly remains? What happens to our bodies during and after the various forms of cadaver disposal available? Who controls the fate of human remains? What legal and moral constraints apply? Legal scholar Norman Cantor provides a graphic, informative, and entertaining exploration of these questions. "After We Die" chronicles not only a corpse's physical state but also its legal and moral status, including what rights, if any, the corpse possesses. In a claim sure to be controversial, Cantor argues that a corpse maintains a "quasi-human status" granting it certain protected rights - both legal and moral. ... Read more
What will become of our earthly remains? What happens to our bodies during and after the various forms of cadaver disposal available? Who controls the fate of human remains? What legal and moral constraints apply? Legal scholar Norman Cantor provides a graphic, informative, and entertaining exploration of these questions. "After We Die" chronicles not only a corpse's physical state but also its legal and moral status, including what rights, if any, the corpse possesses. In a claim sure to be controversial, Cantor argues that a corpse maintains a "quasi-human status" granting it certain protected rights - both legal and moral. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589016958
SKU
V9781589016958
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About Norman L. Cantor
Norman L. Cantor is a distinguished professor emeritus at Rutgers Law School, Newark, who taught in the fields of constitutional law, contracts, and bioethics. He has published widely in legal and medical journals on the topic of the legal handling of dying medical patients, and is the author of three books: Making Medical Decisions for the Profoundly Mentally Disabled, Advance ... Read more
Reviews for After We Die
Highly readable and offers several examples of Cantor's wry sense of humor. It also reveals an extraordinary depth and breadth of research and advances a number of serious conclusions. Journal of Legal Medicine A fascinating book, written in a lively, accessible style. Choice Although death is a universal experience, few of us have looked beyond the simple choice between burial ... Read more