Necromancy

According to the Dunmer, animation or control of a deceased's flesh or spirit is righteous when practiced according to established cult ritual, but illegal and abominable when practiced by secular sorcerers.

Necromancy is not illegal in the Empire, thoughg body and spirit are protected as property, and may not be used without the permission of the owner, and public display of the living dead is widely prohibited. Mages may purchase corpses and souls for philosophical research, and may do with them as they wish in private. Necromancers and vampires and widely confused in the public mind, and persecuted, but in remote locations, necromancers are free to pursue their studies without legal interferance.