Inherited wealth /
How to regulate the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next has been hotly debated among politicians, legal scholars, sociologists, economists, and philosophers for centuries. Bequeathing wealth is a vital ingredient of family solidarity. But does the reproduction of social inequality thr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2008.
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Edición: | English ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Inheritance and modern society
- 1.2. Social dimensions of inheritance law
- 2. The right to bequeath : testamentary freedom and the individuality of property
- 2.1. France : equality versus the freedom of private disposition over property
- 2.2. Germany : testamentary freedom versus family and social justice
- 2.3. United States : equality of opportunity versus individual rights of disposition
- 2.4. Conclusion
- 3. Equality and inclusion : the inheritance rights of the family
- 3.1. The principle of equality in intestacy law
- 3.2. The spouse in intestacy law
- 3.3. The integration of illegitimate children into inheritance law
- 3.4. Conclusion
- 4. Political structure and inheritance law : the abolition of entails
- 4.1. The double abolition of substitutions in France
- 4.2. The delayed abolition of fideikommisse in Germany
- 4.3. The abolition of entails in the American Revolution
- 4.4. Conclusion.
- 5. Social justice through redistribution? the taxation of inheritance
- 5.1. Equality of opportunity versus private property : the estate tax in the United States
- 5,.2. "Sense of family" versus social justice : the inheritance tax in Germany
- 5.3. Destruction of national wealth: The progressive inheritance tax in France
- 5.4. Conclusion
- 6. Conclusion : discourse and institutions
- Appendix : The method of content analysis of parliamentary debates
- Notes
- References
- Index.