title: Decree of 30 August 1988.
abstract: This Haitian Decree abolishes the status known as "civil death" whereby a person was convicted of serious crimes and deprived of all legal personality while physically still alive.  The Decree also abolishes, as a ground of divorce, the existence of "civil death" on the part of one of the spouses.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003415:Crime; D003906:Developing Countries; D004243:Divorce; D006205:Haiti; D007843:Latin America; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008393:Marriage; D009656:North America; D012940:Social Problems
keywords: Americas; Caribbean; Crime--legal aspects; Developing Countries; Divorce--legal aspects; Haiti; Latin America; Legislation; North America; Nuptiality; Social Problems