Dead hands : a social history of wills, trusts, and inheritance law /

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Law and custom allow people many ways to pass on their property. As Friedman's enlightening social history reveals, a decline in formal rules, the ascendancy of will substitutes over classic wills, social changes like the rise of the family of affection, changing ideas of acceptable heirs, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedman, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Meir), 1930-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law Books, ©2009.
Temas:
Inheritance and succession > United States > History.
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects > United States.
Successions et héritages > États-Unis > Histoire.
Successions et héritages > Aspect social > États-Unis.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Inheritance and succession.
Inheritance and succession > Social aspects.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Distribution after death
  • The last will and testament
  • Breaking a will : will contests and their social meaning
  • Will substitutes
  • Dynastic and caretaker trusts
  • Control by the dead and its limits : the rise and fall of the rule against perpetuities
  • Charitable gifts and foundations
  • Death and taxes
  • Conclusion.

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