Defaming the dead /

"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 work that start out with a simple, seemingly arcane question: can you libel or slander the dead? and develops it outward, tackli...

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Main Author: Herzog, Don, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2017
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245 1 0 |a Defaming the dead /  |c Don Herzog 
260 |a New Haven ;  |a London :  |b Yale University Press,  |c 2017 
300 |a xii, 270 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 22 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Embezzled, diddled and popped -- Tort's landscape -- Speak no evil -- Legal dilemmas -- Corpse desecration -- "This will always be there." 
520 |a "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 work 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 
650 0 |a Defamation of the dead 
650 0 |a Libel and slander 
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