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Lack of Legislation Governing Cryonic Suspension

Cryonics Adam Perlin (attorney, New York, NY) published his article entitled ‘To Die in Order to Live’: The Need for Legislation Governing Post-Mortem Cryonic Suspension, 36 Southwestern University L. Rev. 33 (2007). The abstract available on SSRN is below:

Given that the current state of the law is inadequate to ensure that the will of a decedent wishing to undergo cryonic suspension is carried out, this article proposes a practicable legislative solution to effectuating that will, based on a utilization of current law.