Commissioned by the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM), and written for everyone involved in the bereavement industry this authoritative book provides a complete and practical guide to the law of burial and cremation as it currently applies in England and Wales. Content includes: a detailed explanation of the Local Authorities Cemeteries Order 1977 (LACO); Burial Acts; Cemetery Acts; Cremation Acts; the law as it relates to private cemeteries; exclusive rights of burial; transfer of burial rights; cemetery regulations and byelaws; cremation regulations; registration of deaths; coroner duties; post mortems; exhumation; faith and equality issues; closure of burial grounds; redevelopment of disused burial grounds and associated case-law. Includes reference to related issues of importance to cemetery and crematorium managers including: data protection; occupiers liability (including Covid compliance); tax; income generation and business issues; competition law; town planning; procurement of goods and services and related land-issues. Also contains examples of best practice. Appendices include specimen grants of burial and memorial rights; cemetery byelaws and memorial rights; churchyard closure and a sample business plan.

This comprehensive guide to burial laws in Great Britain provides practical advice for funeral directors, cemetery managers, and legal professionals. Topics covered include the rights of next of kin, the disposal of remains, and the rules surrounding cremation. The book also includes a variety of sample forms and checklists. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Concerns about the cost and environmental consequences of the "traditional" American model of burial-embalming, casket, vault, single perpetual grave-are prompting the first significant challenges to American disposition practices since the Civil War. Burial itself is even being challenged-the popularity of cremation has exploded in recent decades and it will soon become the dominant practice. Americans eager to innovate in deathcare find that the law-still heavily rooted in 17th century English, Protestant practices and beliefs-is ill-equipped to adapt. Cemetery law in the United States has changed little in the past 200 years, but the challenges to our disposition practices are so widespread and significant that it will soon have no choice. It is unimaginable that we will start with a clean slate. Instead, the law will, as it always does in a common law system, slowly evolve from its current form. Before we can change the law, we must first understand it. This book is designed to help jumpstart that process by outlining the history, structure, and doctrines of the common law of burying grounds in the United States.

The Encyclopedia of Cremation is the first major reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals that fostered cremation whilst also presenting cremation as a universal practice. Tracing ancient and classical cremation sites, historical and contemporary cremation processes and procedures of both scientific and legal kind, the encyclopedia also includes sections on specific cremation rituals, architecture, art and text. Features in the volume include: a general introduction and editorial introductions to sub-sections by Douglas Davies, an international specialist in death studies; appendices of world cremation statistics and a chronology of cremation; cross-referencing pathways through the entries via the index; individual entry bibliographies; and illustrations. This major international reference work is also an essential source book for students on the growing number of death-studies courses and wider studies in religion, anthropology or sociology.

This standard reference book has been fully revised to take account of the many changes in law and practice that have occurred in recent years, including the regulations that relate to the cremation of body parts, the consequences of the Dr Shipman case and various matters associated with coroners and death certification generally. Many other topical issues are addressed, such as the disposal of foetal remains and the Office of Fair Trading Report Funerals. Part 1 deals with funeral arrangements including general requirements after death, registration of deaths and still-births, the disposal of bodies and the responsibility for funeral arrangements and expenses. Part 2 deals with burials, in churchyards and cemeteries, and the procedure and registration of a burial. Parts 3 and 4 cover cremation and exhumation fully. This edition also features an improved index. This title remains invaluable to those connected with the disposal of the dead.