La extinción de la personalidad del ser humano
Author | Edison Lucio Varela Cáceres |
Profession | Universidad de Los Andes, Abogado cum laude. Universidad Central de Venezuela, Especialista en Derecho de la Niñez y de la Adolescencia, profesor asistente de Derecho Civil i Personas. Universitat de Barcelona, Máster en Derecho de Familia e Infancia |
Pages | 239-251 |
Lección
La extinción de la personalidad del ser humano
La muerte es «el lugar» donde todas la s cosas,
y no solo las mundanas «quedan olvidada s» (88, 12).
Cuando un hombre muere, «todos sus pensamientos perecen» (146, 3).
L, C. S.: Ree xiones sobre los Salmos. 195 8.
Los límites que separan la v ida de la muerte son muy tenebrosos y vagos.
¿Quién puede decir dónde termina la una y dónde comienza la otra?
A P, E dgar: El enterramiento prematuro. 184 4.
S: Introducción7.1. La extinción de la personalidad del ser
humano. Muerte clínica y muerte cerebral7.2. Los efectos jurí-
dicos derivados de la ex tinción de la personalidad7.3. La prueba de
la muerte7.4. Los casos especiales de muer tes simultáneas 7.4 .1. La
premoriencia 7.4.2. La conmorienciaConclusiones
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Son dos los hechos que marcan la existencia de la personalidad, el naci-
miento vivo que determina el inicio y, por otro lado, la cesación irreversible
de los signos vitales o la muerte, que ja el n de la persona. En la Lección
anterior se comentaron los aspectos más relevantes del comienzo del sujeto,
corresponde aquí hacer lo propio con la extinción del ser humano, la cual
viene determinada ú nicamente por la muerte.
La muerte en la actualidad es la única causa de niquito de la personalidad,
en muchos casos es simple determinarla. Sin embargo, existen peculiaridades
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