Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse

Starting with a consideration of the criminal corpse in the medieval and early modern periods, chapters go on to review the histories of criminal justice, of medical history and of gibbeting under the Murder Act, and ends with some discussion of the afterlives of the corpse, in literature, folklore and in contemporary medical ethics.

Incepand cu o analiza a cadavrului criminal in perioadele medievale si timpurii moderne, capitolele continua sa revizuiasca istoricul justitiei penale, al istoriei medicale si al gibbetingului in temeiul Legii privind uciderea si se incheie cu o discutie despre viata ulterioara a cadavrului, in literatura, folclor si in etica medicala contemporana.