Legally Dead
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
You may not be able to take the things you owned in life with you when you die, but in United States the dead can still exert control over their property. And, the legal rights of the dead are growing!
In Immortality and the Law: The Rising Power of the American Dead, law professor Ray D. Madoff looks at how the deceased in America can exert control over their wealth through things like “dynasty trusts,” perpetual private charitable foundations, and how they control their creative works and identities well into the unforeseen future.
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Ray D. Madoff
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