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Author Kirton-Darling, Ed, author.

Title Death, family and the law : the contemporary inquest in context / Edward Kirton-Darling
Published Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2022
©2022

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Description 1 online resource
Series Law, society, policy series
Law, society, policy series.
Contents Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor's Preface -- Death, Family and the Law -- Accountability and Authority in the Historical Jurisdiction -- Accountability Reconceived -- First Contact and the Next of Kin -- Dignity, the Family and the Body -- Family in the Driving Seat -- The Public(?) Hearing -- Reimagining the Inquest -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary When a death is investigated by a coroner, what is the place of the family in that process? This accessibly written book develops a nuanced analysis of the contemporary inquest system in England and Wales
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 30, 2022)
Subject Coroners -- England
Coroners -- Wales
LAW / Family Law / General.
Coroners
England
Wales
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781529212488
1529212480
9781529212471
1529212472