Scherz is of the opinion that the personal rights of all deceased persons should remain in force for a certain period and that these rights should be inheritable. The article also reminds the editorial team of the Falcone/Borsellino pizzeria case, which we have reported on several times in the past.

At the time, the Frankfurt Regional Court was not prepared to grant Falcone posthumous protection of his personal rights. Unlike personalities such as Konrad Adenauer or Marlene Dietrich, the Italian judge was not so well known to the German public. The decision led to an outcry among the Italian public. The judges of the Higher Regional Court, who were on average 10 years older, corrected the decision of their predecessors and recognized Falcone as worthy of protection in Germany as well. This led to a “man bites dog” phenomenon; the bad news (Regional Court) was on the front page of all daily newspapers and was the number one story on the news. Hardly anyone was interested in the good news (Higher Regional Court) and it was only reported in a local online news service from Palermo. Anyone interested in the case and its media impact is recommended to read Rodolfo Dolce's article, “Giovanni Falcone, a hero of both worlds?” in Cantiere Europa, Europas Baustellen, published by Christiane Liermann Traniello at Villa Vigoni Verlag.