Exploring the Law Of Succession : Studies National, Historical and Comparative
By: Reid, Kenneth (Edited by), De Waal, M. J. (Edited by), Zimmermann, Reinhard (Edited by).
Edinburgh University Press. Published: 15/11/2007. Audience Guide: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly.
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
By comparison with other areas of private law, the law of succession has been neglected by modern scholars. This volume contributes to its rehabilitation by examining key issues in succession law from a variety of perspectives: national, historical and comparative. In particular it seeks to extend the techniques of legal comparison into an area of law where hitherto they have been little used.
The jurisdictions most prominently featured are the mixed jurisdictions of Scotland and South Africa, but there are frequent comparative references, and special attention is given to the Netherlands as the country which has most recently re-written its succession law.
The authors of the individual chapters are drawn from Scotland, South Africa, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Among the topics covered are freedom of testation, testamentary conditions and public policy, forfeiture clauses and events, revocation of wills by changed circumstances, revocation of mutual wills, fideicommissary substitutions, and succession agreements. The volume opens with an overview of the state of comparative law and with a consideration of compulsory heirship in Roman law. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0748632905/9780748632909
TITLE: Exploring the Law of Succession
CONTRIBUTORS: Reid, Kenneth (Edited by), De Waal, M. J. (Edited by), Zimmermann, Reinhard (Edited by)
IMPRINT: Edinburgh University Press
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 15/11/2007
SUBJECT: Law, General Law, Other Jurisdictions, Scots Law
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 156mm x 234mm
PAGES: 256
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
CONTENTS: Preface List of Contributors Table of Statutes Table of Cases A Comparative Overview Marius J de Waal Compulsory Heirship in Roman Law Reinhard Zimmermann Succession Law in Scotland: a Historical Perspective W David H Sellar Succession Law in South Africa: a Historical Perspective Francois du Toit Freedom of Testation and the Ageing Testator J C Sonnekus Testamentary Conditions and Public Policy James Chalmers Forfeiture Clauses and Events in Scots Law Roderick R M Paisley Revocation of Wills by Changed Circumstances M C Schoeman-Malan Fideicommissary Substitutions: Scots Law in Historical and Comparative Perspective George Gretton The Conditio si institutus sine liberis decesserit in Scots and South African Law Alan R Barr The New Dutch Law of Succession Sjef van Erp Revocability of Mutual Wills Alexandra Braun Succession Agreements in South African and Scots Law Dale Hutchison
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