Exploring the Law of Succession : : Studies National, Historical and Comparative / / Reinhard Zimmermann, Kenneth Reid, Marius de Waal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Reid, Kenneth,; Zimmermann, Reinhard,; de Waal, Marius,
• MitwirkendeR: Barr, Alan R,; Braun, Alexandra,; Chalmers, James,; Erp, Sjef van,; Gretton, George L.,; Hutchison, Dale,; Paisley, Roderick R. M.,; Schoeman-Malan, M. C.,; Sellar, W. David H.,; Sonnekus, J. C.,; Toit, François du,; Waal, Marius J. de,; Zimmermann, Reinhard,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law : ESL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

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 t...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• List of Abbreviations
• Table of Cases
• 1 A Comparative Overview
• 2 Compulsory Heirship in Roman Law
• 3 Succession Law in Scotland – a Historical Perspective
• 4 Succession Law in South Africa – a Historical Perspective
• 5 Freedom of Testation and the Ageing Testator
• 6 Testamentary Conditions and Public Policy
• 7 Forfeiture Clauses and Events in Scots Law
• 8 Revocation of Wills by Changed Circumstances
• 9 Fideicommissary Substitutions: Scots Law in Historical and Comparative Perspective
• 10 The conditio si institutus sine liberis decesserit in Scots and South African law
• 11 The New Dutch Law of Succession
• 12 Revocability of Mutual Wills
• 13 Succession Agreements in South African and Scots Law
• Index