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Whilst the treatment of mortal remains was largely predetermined in previous generations as an essential part of their respective cultures, the significance of the commandment to respect "dignity" and "piety" has nowadays become more unclear. Modern pluralism makes guidelines of behavior questionable, for example concerning burial, autopsy, or the use of body parts for transplant, scientific or teaching purposes, if this has not been legitimized by the "self-determination right" of the individual. At the same time, the "informed consent" appears as a passepartout for any kind of handling a corpse, even though it may be controversial, as in a commercial public exhibition. The interdisciplinary volume, which resulted from the 2nd Göttinger Symposium of the Center for Medical Law, deals with the wide field of "correct" intercourse with a corpse from the perspective of theology and medicine philosophy, medical law, anatomy and law medicine. Während früheren Generationen der Umgang mit den sterblichen Überresten als essentieller Bestandteil ihrer jeweiligen Kultur weithin vorgegeben war, ist der Bedeutungsgehalt des Gebots zur Achtung von „Würde“ und „Pietät“ heute mehr denn je unklar geworden. Der moderne Pluralismus lässt Verhaltensvorgaben etwa bei der Bestattung, der Obduktion oder der Verwendung von Körperteilen zu Transplantations-, wissenschaftlichen oder Lehrzwecken fragwürdig erscheinen, wenn dies nicht durch das „Selbstbestimmungsrecht“ des Einzelnen legitimiert worden ist. Zugleich erscheint der „informed consent“ als Passepartout für jeden beliebigen Umgang mit Leichnamen, mag er wie bei einer kommerziell geprägten öffentlichen Zurschaustellung gesamtgesellschaftlich auch noch so kontrovers sein. Der interdisziplinäre, aus dem 2. Göttinger Symposium des Zentrums für Medizinrecht hervorgegangene Band behandelt das weite Themenfeld des „richtigen“ Umgangs mit dem Leichnam aus Sicht von Theologie und Medizinphilosophie, von Medizinrecht, Anatomie und Rechtsmedizin.

Informed consent (Medical law) --- Dead bodies (Law) --- Dead bodies (Law). --- treatment of mortal remains --- Anatomie --- Obduktion --- Totgeburt

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In most of the world, the transition from life to death is a time of intense presence of states and other forms of authority. Focusing on the relationship between bodies and sovereignty, Governing the dead explores how, by whom and with what effects dead bodies are governed in conflict and non-conflict contexts across the world, including an analysis of the struggles over 'proper burials'; the repatriation of dead migrants; abandoned cemeteries; exhumations; 'feminicide'; the protection of dead drug-lords; and the disappeared dead. Mapping theoretical and empirical terrains, this volume suggests that the management of dead bodies is related to the constitution and membership of states and non-state entities that claim autonomy and impunity. This volume is a significant contribution to studies of death, power and politics. It will be useful at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in anthropology, sociology, law, criminology, political science, international relations, genocide studies, history, cultural studies and philosophy. The research program leading to publication has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) / ERC Grant Agreement n° 283-617.

Dead bodies (Law) --- Human body --- Sovereignty --- Law and legislation. --- Social aspects. --- State sovereignty (International relations) --- International law --- Political science --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- International relations --- Self-determination, National --- Dead --- Law --- Law and legislation --- Social Science --- General

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When, why and how was it first believed that the corpse could reveal ‘signs’ useful for understanding the causes of death and eventually identifying those responsible for it? The Body of Evidence. Corpses and Proofs in Early Modern European Medicine , edited by Francesco Paolo de Ceglia, shows how in the late Middle Ages the dead body, which had previously rarely been questioned, became a specific object of investigation by doctors, philosophers, theologians and jurists. The volume sheds new light on the elements of continuity, but also on the effort made to liberate the semantization of the corpse from what were, broadly speaking, necromantic practices, which would eventually merge into forensic medicine.

Autopsy --- Dead --- Death --- Forensic pathology --- Human anatomy --- History. --- Identification. --- Proof and certification --- Study and teaching --- Anatomy, Human --- Anatomy --- Human biology --- Medical sciences --- Human body --- Pathology, Forensic --- Medical jurisprudence --- Pathology --- Coroners --- Medical examiners (Law) --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Identification of the dead --- Necropsy --- Necroscopy --- Post-mortem examinations --- Postmortem examinations --- Postmortems --- Anatomy, Pathological --- Dead bodies (Law) --- Human dissection --- Philosophy --- Causes --- European history