TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herzog,Don
TI  - Defaming the dead
SN  - 9780300227710
AV  - K930 
U1  - 346.03401 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Dead bodies (Law)
KW  - Libel and slander
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Law
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law
KW  - thema
KW  - Defamation law, slander & libel
KW  - Law of torts, damages & compensation
N1  - Previously issued in print: 2017; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300221541.001.0001
ER  -