Defaming the Dead
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Don Herzog
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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. Herzog is one of those rare scholarly writers who can make the most abstract argument compelling and entertaining.
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. Herzog is one of those rare scholarly writers who can make the most abstract argument compelling and entertaining.
Don Herzog teaches law and political theory at the University of Michigan. He lives in Ann Arbor.
ISBN: 9780300221541
Publication Date: March 28, 2017
Publication Date: March 28, 2017
288 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4
2 b/w illus.
2 b/w illus.
