The Law of Human Remains PDF eBook
Human remains occupy an uneasy position in U.S. law. A human cadaver is no longer a person, but neither is it an object to be easily discarded. What must be done with human remains? What cannot be done? What should be done? In The Law of Human Remains, Tanya Marsh — a nationally recognized expert in the law of human remains and cemetery law — collects, organizes, and states the legal rules and principles regarding the status, treatment, and disposition of human remains in the United States, so that attorneys and courts can more easily discover, understand, use, and ultimately critique and reform the law.
Part I establishes an analytical framework and presents an overview of significant doctrines. Part II provides a state-by-state summary of the common and statutory law examined in Part I — covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This book is designed to allow attorneys and courts to pinpoint a doctrine of interest, gain an overall understanding of it, and precisely locate the relevant law.
- Author: Tanya Marsh
- ISBN-10: 1-936360-29-2
- ISBN-13: 978-1-936360-29-1
- Copyright: August 11, 2015
- Pages: 528
- Format: PDF eBook
Topics Include:
- Common law and statutory law of human remains
- Legal recognition of death and death certificates
- Rights of next of kin to control disposition
- Burial, green burial, and cremation law
- Organ and cadaver donation
- Regulation of the funeral industry
- Abuse of a corpse, disinterment, and grave desecration
- Possession and sale of human remains
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
- Veterans burial benefits and Arlington National Cemetery
- FTC Funeral Rule
- State-by-state statutory summaries (all 50 states + D.C.)
Table of Contents
Part I
Chapter 1: The Common Law of Human Remains
Chapter 2: The Statutory Law of Human Remains
Chapter 3: The Newly Dead
Chapter 4: Initial Disposition of Human Remains
Chapter 5: Disposition Options
Chapter 6: Regulation of the Funeral Industry
Chapter 7: Treatment of Human Remains
Part II — State-by-State Summaries
Chapters 8–59 cover Alabama through Wyoming, including the District of Columbia.