Law and Death

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Law for the Next Pandemic

Wills Formalities in a Post-Pandemic World: A Research Agenda

Bridget J. Crawford

University Distinguished Professor of Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.

Kelly Purser

Associate Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology.

Tina Cockburn

Associate Professor, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology.

This article reflects the law as of June 8, 2021.

The pandemic has brought into sharp focus the mismatch between traditional rules that govern valid will executions, on the one hand, and contemporary restrictions, practices, and preferences, on the other. This essay enters the scholarly debate about the necessity of remote witnessing in a variety of situations, including a public health crisis.

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