Richard on Nostr: npub1vdnn2…r2ngj Well, I'm no lawyer and never considered the rights of the dead ...
npub1vdnn265657xra4umjxj6fkm4qra6e4k06tz6lklnxgvmr3ycygzsxr2ngj (npub1vdn…2ngj) 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.".
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.".