The article starts from a reflection upon the inherent dignity of human beings as the grounding element for human rights claims. It then proceeds to show how this principle finds full application in forensic fiction through the medico-legal analysis of the victims of violent death.

"The Role of Forensics in Human Rights Discourse: Kathy Reichs's Crime Fiction and the Rights of the Dead"

FIORATO, Sidia
2015-01-01

Abstract

The article starts from a reflection upon the inherent dignity of human beings as the grounding element for human rights claims. It then proceeds to show how this principle finds full application in forensic fiction through the medico-legal analysis of the victims of violent death.
2015
Human Rights; Forensic Fiction; law and literature; law and culture
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