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 Argument, not referenceDigital Estate Standards
The companion to the reference above, and deliberately a separate section: that one says what the law is, these pages ask what should be built on it. Use cases across fifty-six jurisdictions, the current identity standards measured against them, and a proposed event set.