The Law of Human Remains

Author: Tanya Marsh ISBN 10: 1-936360-29-2 ISBN 13: 978-1-936360-29-1 Copyright Date Ed:  August 11, 2015 Pages: 528 Binding Information: Casebound Size: 8.5 ✕ 11 Inches (US) 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, if anything, must be done with human remains? What cannot be done with human remains? What should be done with human remains? Before we can critique the law of human remains, we must first understand what the law is. 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 for the law of