Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
Every now and then, our legal system interacts with the spirit world, whether by virtue of seances being used in establishing the defense in a criminal matter or being used by the prosecution to impugn the defendant, or because of the impact that ghosts may have on stigmatized property or by virtue of houses being built on cemeteries, like in the movie "Poltergeist." Our legal system has an uneasy relationship with the spirit world and this chapter in the book explores that relationship.
Recommended Citation
On Death and Magic: Law, Necromancy, and the Great Beyond, in Law and Magic: A Collection of Essays (Christine A. Corcos, ed., Carolina Academic Press 2010)