Life and Death in Private Law

Kate Falconer is Lecturer at the School of Law and Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork, Ireland.Kit Barker is Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and Current Director of the Australian Centre of Private Law at the TC Beirne School of Law, Australia. Andrew Fell is Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia.

• ForewordAcknowledgementsContributorsTable of CasesTable of LegislationTable of Statutory Instruments1. Life and Death in Private Law, Andrew Fell and Kate Falconer2. How Private Law Regulates Intimacy and Relationships at the Edges of Life, Jonathan Herring3. The Margins of Private Law: SB-8 and the Private Enforcement of Abortion Law, Jesse Wall4. Deceit and the Creation of Life, Anna Broadmore5. Human Existence as Actionable Damage?, Stephen Todd6. The Rights of the Dead, Andrew Fell7. With this Ring I Thee Slay: The Death of Coverture, Danaya Wright8. Suicide, Madness, and the State: The Tale from Tort, Kit Barker9. Death Can be Fatal! The End of Empire and Survival of Actions Legislation in Queensland and New South Wales, Mark Lunney10. Dealing with the Dead and Familial Discord: Contested Funerals and the Challenges for Private Law, Heather Conway11. Cultural Negotiation of Inheritance Law in Australia, Prue Vines12. Burial Disputes and the Work of the Dead, Kate Falconer

This book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of how law and, in particular, private law, deals with and approaches life and, especially, death. It is a welcome addition to the growing interest among legal scholars across jurisdictions in the complex notion of death.