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2024-01-17 00:09:32
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Richard on Nostr: npub1vdnn2…r2ngj Well, I'm no lawyer and never considered the rights of the dead ...

Well, I'm no lawyer and never considered the rights of the dead before. My initial reaction was no. I mean the dead can't marry, do art, vote, go to jail etc.. but then it's a grey area. Wills are honoured, exhuming the dead used to be a punishment for the deceased. Mormons baptise the dead. Graverobbing is a crime and deesecrating a grave is taboo.
This looks like the gold you are after: https://law.hofstra.edu/pdf/academics/journals/lawreview/lrv_issues_v37n03_cc4_smolensky_final.pdf . It goes for 41 pages. I have to work and haven't read it bar the conclusion which suggests the rights of the dead hinge on "the innate human desire to treat the wishes of once-living persons with respect.".
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