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Author: Reinhard Zimmermann Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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The essay traces the history of the ordinary as well a extra-ordinary will types in German law. It commences with an analysis of private wills in 19th century Germany and relates the debates surrounding the introduction - at the last conceivable moment and against protracted opposition - of the holograph will into the BGB. Yet, judicial experience with it in the first four decades of the 20th century was anything but encouraging. The problems were solved, eventually, by legislative reform: the Testamentsgesetz of 1938 laid the foundations of the holograph will as it has come to be established as a generally accepted part of modern German law. The essay analyses the way in which modern courts and writers interpret the form requirements of the holograph will. It then traces the development of public wills, of emergency wills and of wills made during a sea voyage in German law. It also relates the available empirical data on will-making in Germany and attempts to provide a general assessment of the experiences with the will types recognized in that country. The essay is part of a historical and comparative project on testamentary formalities.
Author: Reinhard Zimmermann Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The essay traces the history of the ordinary as well a extra-ordinary will types in German law. It commences with an analysis of private wills in 19th century Germany and relates the debates surrounding the introduction - at the last conceivable moment and against protracted opposition - of the holograph will into the BGB. Yet, judicial experience with it in the first four decades of the 20th century was anything but encouraging. The problems were solved, eventually, by legislative reform: the Testamentsgesetz of 1938 laid the foundations of the holograph will as it has come to be established as a generally accepted part of modern German law. The essay analyses the way in which modern courts and writers interpret the form requirements of the holograph will. It then traces the development of public wills, of emergency wills and of wills made during a sea voyage in German law. It also relates the available empirical data on will-making in Germany and attempts to provide a general assessment of the experiences with the will types recognized in that country. The essay is part of a historical and comparative project on testamentary formalities.
Author: Kenneth G. C. Reid Publisher: ISBN: 0199696802 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 523
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Launching a major new research project examining the principles of succession law in comparative perspective, this book discusses the formalities which the law imposes in order for a person to make a testamentary disposal of property. Among the questions considered are the following. How are wills made? What precisely are the rules - as to the signature of the testator, the use of witnesses, the need for a notary public or lawyer, and so on? Is there is a choice of will-type and, if so, which type is used most often and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each? How common is will-making or do most people die intestate? What happens if formalities are not observed? How can requirements of form be explained and justified? How did the law develop historically, what is the state of the law today, and what are the prospects for the future? The focus is on Europe, and on countries which have been influenced by the European experience. Thus in addition to giving a detailed treatment of the law in Austria, Belgium, England and Wales, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain, the book explores legal developments in Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America, and in some of the countries of Latin America with a particular emphasis on Brazil. It also includes chapters on two of the mixed jurisdictions - Scotland and South Africa - and on Islamic Law. The book opens with chapters on Roman law and on the early modern law in Europe, thus setting the historical scene as well as anticipating and complementing the accounts of national history which appear in subsequent chapters; and it concludes with an assessment of the overall development of the law in the countries surveyed, and with some wider reflections on the nature and purpose of testamentary formalities.
Author: Marius Johannes De Waal Publisher: ISBN: 0199696802 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 524
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Launching a major new research project examining the principles of succession law in comparative perspective, this book discusses the formalities which the law imposes in order for a person to make a testamentary disposal of property. Among the questions considered are the following. How are wills made? What precisely are the rules - as to the signature of the testator, the use of witnesses, the need for a notary public or lawyer, and so on? Is there is a choice of will-type and, if so, which type is used most often and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each? How common is will-making or do most people die intestate? What happens if formalities are not observed? How can requirements of form be explained and justified? How did the law develop historically, what is the state of the law today, and what are the prospects for the future? The focus is on Europe, and on countries which have been influenced by the European experience. Thus in addition to giving a detailed treatment of the law in Austria, Belgium, England and Wales, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain, the book explores legal developments in Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America, and in some of the countries of Latin America with a particular emphasis on Brazil. It also includes chapters on two of the mixed jurisdictions - Scotland and South Africa - and on Islamic Law. The book opens with chapters on Roman law and on the early modern law in Europe, thus setting the historical scene as well as anticipating and complementing the accounts of national history which appear in subsequent chapters; and it concludes with an assessment of the overall development of the law in the countries surveyed, and with some wider reflections on the nature and purpose of testamentary formalities.
Author: Kenneth Reid Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 019106422X Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 680
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Intestate Succession is the second volume in the Comparative Succession Law series which examines the principles of succession law from a comparative and historical perspective. This volume discusses the rules which apply where a person dies either without leaving a valid will, or leaving a will which fails to dispose of all of the person's assets. Among the questions considered are the following: What is the nature of the rules for the disposal of the deceased's assets? Are they mechanical or is there an element of discretion? Are particular types of property dealt with in particular ways? Is there entitlement to individual assets (as opposed to money)? Do the rules operate in a parentelic system or a system of some other kind? Are spouses treated more favourably than children? What provision is made for extra-marital children, for adopted children, for step-children? Does cohabitation give rise to entitlement? How are same-sex couples treated? Broader questions also arise of a historical and comparative nature. Where, for example, do the rules in intestate succession come from in particular legal systems? Have they been influenced by the rules in other countries? How are the rules explained and how are they justified? To what extent have they changed over time? What are the long-term trends? And finally, are the rules satisfactory, and is there pressure for their reform? As in the first volume, this book will focus on Europe and on countries which have been influenced by the European experience such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States of America, Quebec, and the countries of Latin America. Further chapters are devoted to Islamic Law and Nordic law. Opening with a discussion on Roman law and concluding with an assessment of the overall development of the law in the countries surveyed, this book will provide a wider reflection on the nature and purpose of the law of intestate succession.
Author: New York (State). Court of Appeals. Publisher: ISBN: Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 1086
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Volume contains: (Hillborg v. City of N.Y.) (Hillborg v. City of N.Y.) (Horn v. Vasen) (Horn v. Vasen) (Horn v. Vasen) (Horn v. Vasen) (Horst v. Horst) (Horst v. Horst) (Horst v. Horst) (International Aircraft Trading Co., Inc. v. Young, Inc.) (International Aircraft Trading Co., Inc. v. Young, Inc.) (International Aircraft Trading Co., Inc. v. Young, Inc.) (International Aircraft Trading Co., Inc. v. Young, Inc.) (Katzenberg v. Gray) (Katzenberg v. Gray) (Katzenberg v. Gray) (Katzenberg v. Gray)
Author: Alexandra Braun Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0191074500 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 417
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Claiming a Promised Inheritance examines those cases where a person is promised a future inheritance and, having acted on it, later discovers that the promise is unfulfilled. The book structures its analysis and argument around the stories of disappointed promisees and their unfulfilled expectations of a future inheritance, and how they might seek redress. It maps and compares the various, and often very diverse range of legal responses that a promisee can avail herself of across different legal areas of the law (ranging from contract law to property law, employment law, unjust and unjustified enrichment law, and succession law) and in both common and civil law traditions. Braun asks how these responses protect the interests of promisees and whether they are sensitive to the context in which such promises are expressed. In doing so, the focus rests on the level of protection the various forms of redress grant, their scope, and the challenges promisees face when brining a claim, but also on the values and interests that are at stake when granting relief. This book argues that due to the social and legal context within which promises of a future inheritance are normally made, promisees are usually in a vulnerable position that can easily by exploited. It further argues that the law is usually more acutely attuned to the risks that the promisor incurs and that greater attention should be paid to the challenges promisees face. Claiming a Promised Inheritance thus complements the traditional viewpoint by bringing into focus the (too often ignored) perspective of promisees.
Author: Bartosz Kucia Publisher: V&R unipress ISBN: 3737015945 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 251
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The contributions focus on succession and obligation law norms shaping the legal status of an heir and their comparison within Polish and German law systems. They analyse the impact of the instruments of contract law on the status of an heir. The adopted methodology combining the internal-national and external-comparative perspective allows the authors to present “similarities in dissimilarities” within institutions of the German and Polish succession law. The broad analyses of legal doctrine and jurisprudence can serve as a source of knowledge and points of reference for legal practitioners, courts and legislators.
Author: Richard Hyland Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195343360 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 731
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Over the past two thousand years, Western legal systems have had to alter some of their most basic principles in order to regulate the giving of gifts. This is a study of how legal concepts from the marketplace have been reshaped to accommodate a fundamentally different type of social practice. Richard Hyland examines the law of gifts in England, India, and the United States, and in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Giftsalso surveys the extensive discussion about gift giving in anthropology, history, economics, philosophy, and sociology. In addition, Hyland offers a critique of the functionalist method in comparative law and demonstrates the benefits of an interpretive approach.
Author: Reinhard Zimmermann
Author: Reinhard Zimmermann
Author: Kenneth G. C. Reid
Author: Marius Johannes De Waal
Author: Ernest Joseph Schuster
Author: Kenneth Reid
Author: New York (State). Court of Appeals.
Author: Alexandra Braun
Author: Bartosz Kucia
Author: Richard Hyland
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