How would legal systems deal with conjoined twins, should only one of the pair be engaged in illegal activities? Interest in the question accelerated with the death in 1874 of the celebrity twins Chang and Eng. In London, The Law Times (volume 56, published on Feb 21) was one of many forums for the discussion. […]
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Legal Lesson: A limitation on dead people
Investigator William J. Maloney unearthed a neglected January 4, 2002 report about a legal lesson: DEAD PEOPLE CAN’T ADOPT, JUDGE RULES IN LOCAL CASE by Melissa E. Holsman staff writer STUART – Ruling that dead people can’t adopt, a Martin County judge on Thursday overturned the adoption of a Jensen Beach woman by her 89-year-old […]
Corpse case arises anew
The three men who inspired John Troyer’s study “Abuse of a Corpse: A Brief History and Re-Theorisation of Necrophilia Laws in the USA” (discussed here earlier this year) are again in the news. The Associated Press reports on November 20, 2008: 3 men plead not guilty to digging up grave to have sex with dead […]