Exploring the Law of Succession

Studies National, Historical and Comparative

Kenneth Reid, Marius de Waal, Reinhard Zimmermann

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Edinburgh University Press
04 February 2008

Comparative law; Ownership & mortgage law

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.

Edited by: Kenneth Reid, Marius de Waal, Reinhard Zimmermann
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9780748632909
ISBN 10: 0748632905
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 04 February 2008
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kenneth G C Reid is Professor of Property Law at the University of Edinburgh. Marius J de Waal is Professor of Private Law and Roman Law at the University of Stellenbosch. Reinhard Zimmerman is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private and Private International Law, Hamburg.

Reviews for Exploring the Law of Succession: Studies National, Historical and Comparative

An invaluable edition to the libraries of academics, policymakers and law reformers as well as practitioners specialising in the law of succession.--JC Calitz (University of Johannesburg) ""Journal of South African Law""