Elizabeth T. Hurren is Professor of History at the University of Leicester.

'This is an exceptional book. Incredibly well researched, exhaustive and compelling, Hurren engages powerfully with the shifting ethics of anatomical 'ownership', identity and use and brings to the fore the complex history and status of the corpse. As Hurren demonstrates, these issues are as pressing now as they were in the last three hundred years or so.' Julie-Marie Strange, Professor in Modern British History, Durham University

• Part I. Relocating the Dead-End: A Consignment for the Cul-de-Sac of History?: 1. Disputed bodies and their hidden histories; 2. Res Nullius – nobody's thing; 3. The ministry of offal; Part II. Disputing Deadlines: 4. Implicit disputes: mapping systems of implied consent; 5. Explicit disputes: 'the balance of probability' in coronial cases; 6. Missed disputes: brainstorming neuroscience; Part III. Death-Sentences Delayed: 7. Conclusion: flesh is a dead format? Remapping the 'human atlas'.

Elizabeth T. Hurren is Professor of History at the University of Leicester.

'This is an exceptional book. Incredibly well researched, exhaustive and compelling, Hurren engages powerfully with the shifting ethics of anatomical 'ownership', identity and use and brings to the fore the complex history and status of the corpse. As Hurren demonstrates, these issues are as pressing now as they were in the last three hundred years or so.' Julie-Marie Strange, Professor in Modern British History, Durham University

• Part I. Relocating the Dead-End: A Consignment for the Cul-de-Sac of History?: 1. Disputed bodies and their hidden histories; 2. Res Nullius – nobody's thing; 3. The ministry of offal; Part II. Disputing Deadlines: 4. Implicit disputes: mapping systems of implied consent; 5. Explicit disputes: 'the balance of probability' in coronial cases; 6. Missed disputes: brainstorming neuroscience; Part III. Death-Sentences Delayed: 7. Conclusion: flesh is a dead format? Remapping the 'human atlas'.

Elizabeth T. Hurren is Professor of History at the University of Leicester.

'This is an exceptional book. Incredibly well researched, exhaustive and compelling, Hurren engages powerfully with the shifting ethics of anatomical 'ownership', identity and use and brings to the fore the complex history and status of the corpse. As Hurren demonstrates, these issues are as pressing now as they were in the last three hundred years or so.' Julie-Marie Strange, Professor in Modern British History, Durham University

• Part I. Relocating the Dead-End: A Consignment for the Cul-de-Sac of History?: 1. Disputed bodies and their hidden histories; 2. Res Nullius – nobody's thing; 3. The ministry of offal; Part II. Disputing Deadlines: 4. Implicit disputes: mapping systems of implied consent; 5. Explicit disputes: 'the balance of probability' in coronial cases; 6. Missed disputes: brainstorming neuroscience; Part III. Death-Sentences Delayed: 7. Conclusion: flesh is a dead format? Remapping the 'human atlas'.