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Author Herzog, Don, 1956- author.

Title Defaming the dead / Don Herzog.

Publication Info. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2017]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Embezzled, diddled and popped -- Tort's landscape -- Speak no evil -- Legal dilemmas -- Corpse desecration -- "This will always be there."
Summary "Do the dead have rights? In a persuasive argument, Don Herzog makes the case that the deceased's interests should be protected. This is a delightfully deceptive works that start out with a simple, seemingly arcane question: can you libel or slander the dead? and develops it outward, tackling larger and larger implications, until it ends up straddling the borders between law, culture, philosophy, and the meaning of life. A full answer to this question requires legal scholar Don Herzog to consider what tort law is actually designed to protect, what differences death makes (and what differences it doesn't) and why we value what we value. Herzog is one of those rare scholarly writers who can make the most abstract argument compelling and entertaining"--Jacket.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Defamation of the dead.
Defamation of the dead.
Libel and slander.
Libel and slander.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Herzog, Don, 1956- Defaming the dead. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2017] 0300221541 9780300221541 (OCoLC)959034623
ISBN 9780300227710 (electronic book)
030022771X (electronic book)
0300221541
9780300221541