Research
Reference work rather than argument: the essays make claims, these pages show what the law actually says.
Primary sources only. A claim that cannot be traced to a statute, regulation or official policy is marked unverified rather than quietly asserted.
Long-running reference work, kept in the open. Each piece is built from primary law and official policy, and records where every claim came from and when it was read.
Digital Estate Roles
When legal authority over a person, their property and their digital estate is assigned, when it starts and when it ends — for powers of attorney, health-care agents, guardians, executors, digital-asset fiduciaries and the rest. Sourced to statute and official policy only.
2026 Companion referenceDeath Notification
How a death is certified, who must register it and by when, and how far the fact then travels — to the rest of government, and to banks, insurers and platforms — without the family repeating it. The same jurisdictions, the same sourcing rule.