Remembering and Disremembering the Dead Posthumous Punishment, Harm and Redemption over Time /

Remembering and Disremembering the Dead Posthumous Punishment, Harm and Redemption over Time /

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence. This book is a multidisciplinary work that investigates the notion of posthumous harm over time. The question what is and when is death, affects how we understand the possibility of posthumous harm and redemption. Whilst it is impossible to hurt th...

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Main Author: Tomasini, Floris (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife,
Subjects:
Civilization > History.
Science > History.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
Great Britain > History.
Social history.
Cultural History.
History of Science.
Crime and Society.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Social History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • PART I - Conceptual groundworks
  • Chapter 2: What and when is death?
  • Chapter 3: Posthumous harm, punishment and redemption
  • PART II - Historical Case Study
  • Chapter 4: Capital punishment, posthumous punishment and pardon
  • Chapter 5: Posthumous harm and the improper removal and retention of organs
  • Index.

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