'Sacred Wherever they are Interred': The Status of Cremated Human Remains in Scots Law

Citation

Brown J (2021) 'Sacred Wherever they are Interred': The Status of Cremated Human Remains in Scots Law. Juridical Review, 2021 (3/4), pp. 187-193.

Abstract
Comments on the Note by Sheriff A. M. Cubie in the Application by the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway of the Scottish Episcopal Church for the Disinterment of Cremated Remains at the former Holy Cross Church [2019] SC GLA 33 and discusses whether human cremains should be classified as 'sacred' or more properly regarded as a species of res religiosa if interred.

Keywords
Burials and cremation; Churches; Exhumation; Human remains; Scotland; Warrants

Journal
Juridical Review: Volume 2021, Issue 3/4