Download or read book Gifts written by Richard Hyland and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-05 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gifts: A Study in Comparative Law is the first broad-based study of the law governing the giving and revocation of gifts ever attempted. Gift-giving is everywhere governed by social and customary norms before it encounters the law and the giving of gifts takes place largely outside of the marketplace. As a result of these two characteristics, the law of gifts provides an optimal lens through which to examine how different legal systems engage with social practice. The law of gifts is well-developed both in the civil and the common laws. Richard Hyland's study provides an excellent view of the ways in which different civil and common law jurisdictions confront common issues. The legal systems discussed include principally, in the common law, those of Great Britain, the United States, and India, and, in the civil law, the private law systems of Belgium and France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Professor Hyland also serves a critique of the dominant method in the field, which is a form of functionalism based on what is called the praesumptio similitudinis, namely the axiom that, once legal doctrine is stripped away, developed legal systems tend to reach similar practical results. His study demonstrates, to the contrary, that legal systems actually differ, not only in their approach and conceptual structure, but just as much in the results.

Download or read book Comparative Succession Law written by Kenneth G C Reid and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third volume in a series on Comparative Succession Law concerns the entitlement of family members to override the provisions of a deceased person's will to obtain money or assets (or more money or assets) from the person's estate. Some countries, notably those in the civil law tradition (such as France or Germany), confer a pre-ordained share of the deceased's estate or of its value on certain members of the deceased's family, and especially on the deceased's children and spouse. Other countries, notably those in the common law tradition (such as England, Canada, or Australia), leave the matter to the discretion of the court, the amount awarded depending primarily on financial need. Whichever form it takes, mandatory family provision is both a protection against disinheritance and also, therefore, a restriction on testamentary freedom. The volume focuses on Europe and on countries influenced by the European experience. In addition to detailed treatment of the law in Austria, England and Wales, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Scotland, and Spain, the book also has chapters on Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, the United States, Canada, the countries of Latin America, and the People's Republic of China. Some other countries are covered more briefly, and there is a separate chapter on Islamic law. The book opens with accounts of Roman law and of the law in medieval and early-modern Europe, and it concludes with a comparative assessment of the law as it is today in the countries and legal traditions surveyed in this volume.

Download or read book Comparative Succession Law written by Kenneth Reid and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Download or read book Commentario del Codice civile Delle successioni artt 456 564 written by Vincenzo Cuffaro- Francesco Delfini and published by UTET Giuridica. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Il modulo “Delle Successioni”, curato dai proff.i Cuffaro e Delfini, è un autorevole commento articolo per articolo della disciplina normativa codicistica in tema di diritto successorio e contiene anche il commento alle più importanti normative speciali, in particolare in materia di imposta sulle successioni ed in tema di successioni nel diritto internazionale privato. L’Opera, divisa in 3 volumi (Primo volume: 456-564 – Secondo volume: 565-712 – Terzo volume: 713-768 octies e Leggi speciali), è commentata da accademici e professionisti di altissimo livello ed è uno strumento autorevole ed utile per la pratica quotidiana dell’avvocato e del magistrato. PIANO DELL’OPERA DEL MODULO SUCCESSIONI CODICE CIVILE - Libro secondo - Delle successioni VOLUME I: Titolo I Disposizioni generali Capo I Apertura della successione - 456-457 Prof. LISERRE - 458 Notaio IEVA - 459-461 Prof. NERVI Capo II Capacità a succedere - 462 Prof.ssa GIAMPETRAGLIA Capo III Indegnità - 463-466 Prof.ssa GIAMPETRAGLIA Capo IV Rappresentazione - 467-469 Prof.ssa CAROTA Capo V Accettazione dell’eredità ° Sezione I Disposizioni generali - 470-476 Prof. MEZZASOMA - 477-483 dott.ssa MAZZASETTE ° Sezione II Beneficio di inventario - 484-511 Prof. CAVALAGLIO Capo VI Separazione dei beni - 512-518 Prof.ssa GIAMPETRAGLIA Capo VII Rinunzia all’eredità - 519-527 Prof. PELOSI Capo VIII Eredità giacente - 528-532 Notaio CECERE Capo IX Petizione di eredità - 533-535 Notaio ASTUNI Capo X Legittimari ° Sezione I - Diritti dei legittimari - 536-552 Notaio MASCHERONI ° Sezione II - Reintegrazione quota legittimari - 553-559 Prof. FESTI - 560-564 Notaio ANDRINI