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To Rest in Peace: a Proprietary Analysis of the Treatment of Human Bodies after Death

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This paper deals with the issue of recognising a property right in the human body after death. It advocates that such a right is appropriate given the need for family members to have increased control over the treatment of their loved one's remains. Thus a property right over human corpses is proposed, in favour of the next of kin, for the purposes of ensuring proper burial. This conclusion was reached after consideration of the recent New Zealand Supreme Court case Takamore v Clarke, the Gravatt family experience and Toi Moko. Themes present in this paper include the primacy of the wishes of the surviving over those of the dead and the significance of communal decision-making in matters concerning death and grief.

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Copyright Date

2013-01-01

Date of Award

2013-01-01

Publisher

Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

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Degree Discipline

Law

Degree Grantor

Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

ANZSRC Type Of Activity code

970118 Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies

Victoria University of Wellington Item Type

Research Paper

Language

en_NZ

Victoria University of Wellington School

School of Law