Gordon, Deborah2021-11-262021-11-262017-10-2610954526http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/7536Franz Kafka is credited with observing that "the meaning of life is that it stops." This recognition-that life's one certainty is certain death-has been the source of great inspiration. Indeed, much of what we do and create depends on our very human desire to make a mark on this world that will outlast our sentient selves.https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/yjlh/vol28/iss2/4https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1453&context=yjlh&unstamped=1