Death Rites And Rights

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Death has diverse religious, social, legal, and medical aspects and is one of the main areas in which medicine and the law intersect. In this volume, we ask: What is the meaning of death in contemporary Britain, and in other cultures, and how has it changed over time? The essays in this collection tackle the diverse ways in which death is now experienced in modern society, in the process answering a wide variety of questions: How is death defined by law? Do the dead have legal rights? What is one allowed to have and not have done to one's body after death? What are the rights of next of kin in this respect? What compensation exists for death and how is death valued? What is happening to the law on euthanasia and suicide? Is there a human right to die? What is the principle of sanctity of life? What of criminal offences against the dead? How are the traditions of death still played out in religion? How have customs and traditions of the disposal of bodies and funerals changed? What happens to donated bodies in the biomedical setting where anatomical education is permitted? What processes are employed by police when investigating suspicious deaths? What of representations of death? These and other questions are the subject of this challenging and diverse set of essays.

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Genre : Law
Author : Belinda Brooks-Gordon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2007-11-12
File : 322 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781847313911


Death Rights And Rites

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Reclaim the Right to a Sacred, Sustainable Death Exploring the spiritual and legal aspects of alternative death-ways, home funerals, and green burial Death Rights and Rites presents practical information and questions for approaching death and dying with a sense of sacred meaning. You will discover ideas for navigating the spiritual and legal issues related to home-based dying, home funerals, and alternative burial methods. Reverend Judith Karen Fenley offers insights into approaching relevant legal frameworks with respect while assisting your loved one in ways that support the best medical care, the natural environment, and the emotional needs of the community. Explore ideas for memorial services and ways to be open to spontaneous rituals for letting go, preparing for death, being at peace, and more. It is possible to manifest your deepest values before, during, and after death. Death Rights and Rites shares examples and provides support as you explore final transitions that are environmentally conscious and spiritually meaningful. Includes a foreword by Jerrigrace Lyons, founder of Final Passages: The Institute of Conscious Dying, Home Funeral & Green Burial Education and an epilogue by Oberon Zell, cofounder of the Church of All Worlds

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Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
Author : Judith Karen Fenley
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Release : 2020-11-08
File : 253 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780738755397


Death Rites

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First published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : Robert Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2013-03-04
File : 328 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781134826322


Law Express Medical Law Revision Guide

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JOIN OVER HALF A MILLION STUDENTS WHO CHOSE TO REVISE WITH LAW EXPRESS Revise with the help of the UK’s bestselling law revision series. Features: · Review essential cases, statutes, and legal terms before exams. · Assess and approach the subject by using expert advice. · Gain higher marks with tips for advanced thinking and further discussions. · Avoid common pitfalls with Don’t be tempted to. · Practice answering sample questions and discover additional resources on the Companion website. www.pearsoned.co.uk/lawexpress

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Genre : Law
Author : Jonathan Herring
Publisher : Pearson UK
Release : 2018-07-03
File : 163 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781292210582


Death Rites

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A woman’s nightmare, a cop’s redemption, and a killer’s ritual. Night after night, Michelle Ransom is trapped in a terrifying dreamworld where the faceless bodies of murdered women haunt her, drawing her ever closer to the edge of madness. Is it all in her mind . . . or all too real? Since his wife’s death, grief and alcohol have slowly consumed LAPD detective Amiel “Touch” Benson. Until a chance meeting with Michelle Ransom reminds him what he once was and what he once had. When Michelle’s visions come to life in very real and very disturbing crime scenes, Benson is forced to consider the impossible. Is Michelle truly psychic? Or is she a suspect? Either way, Benson must risk everything to find out. Because the final ritual has already begun.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Bruce Elliot
Publisher : Penguin
Release : 2002-02-01
File : 357 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781101212172


The Law Relating To The Burial Of The Dead

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Genre : Burial laws
Author : Great Britain
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Release : 1881
File : 496 Pages
ISBN-13 : HARVARD:HL4DQZ


Women And Confucianism In Chos N Korea

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This volume offers a fresh, multifaceted exploration of women and Confucianism in mid- to late-Chosoán Korea (mid-sixteenth to early twentieth century). Using primary sources and perspectives from social history, intellectual history, literature, and political thought, contributors challenge unitary views of Confucianism as a system of thought, of women as a group, and of the relationship between the two. Much earlier scholarship has focused on how women were oppressed under the strict patriarchal systems that emerged as Confucianism became the dominant social ideology during the Chosoán dynasty (1392–1910). Contributors to this volume bring to light the varied ways that diverse women actually lived during this era, from elite yangban women to women who were enslaved. Women are shown to have used various strategies to seek status, economic rights, and more comfortable spaces, with some women even emerging as Confucian intellectuals and exemplars.

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Genre : History
Author : Youngmin Kim
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Release : 2011-11-01
File : 178 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781438437774


Death Rites And Hawaiian Royalty

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The bones of Hawaii's King Kamehameha the Great were hidden at night in a secret location. In contrast, his successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile-long funeral procession to the Royal Tomb watched by thousands. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language newspapers, this book describes changes in funerary practices for Hawaiian royalty and details the observance of each royal death beginning with that of Kamehameha in 1819. Funeral observances of Western royalty provided an extravagant model for their Hawaiian counterparts yet many indigenous practices endured. Mourners no longer knocked out their teeth or tattooed their tongues but mass wailing, feather standards and funeral dirges continued well into the 20th century. Dozens of historic drawings and photographs provide rare glimpses of the obsequies of the Kamehameha and Kalakaua dynasties. Descriptions of the burial sites provide locations of the final resting places of Hawaii's royalty.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Ralph Thomas Kam
Publisher : McFarland
Release : 2017-11-20
File : 253 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781476668468


Death And The Ancestors

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Deliberately considering relevant theories put forward by earlier writers and examining them in the light of the research for this particular book, the author spent over 100 days attending funeral ceremonies and he attended 25 burial services. First published in 1962.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Jack Goody
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2013-11-05
File : 475 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781136528774


Death Rites Ancestor Worship

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Death is the ultimate truth of life. All religions consider birth and death in the same package and have given importance to death rites and ancestor worship. With death, the non-existence begins. It is something common in all religions. The central concern of all philosophies is not life but death. Man knows that life is finite and the future beyond life is unknown. So, it is natural to ask, is there any life after death? If yes, it is certainly a life without a body. Death is the end of physical existence, but it is not the end of a person. So, death rites and ancestor worship arose in all societies. Ancestor worship is the belief that at the death of an individual, his/her social personality is not erased; but rather transformed. The basis of ancestor worship lies in this belief found in all human societies. It also creates a distance between the living and the dead while commemorating the dead and paying respect to them.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Dr. Reba Lahiri
Publisher : Exceller Books
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File : 90 Pages
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