Nordic inheritance law through the ages : : spaces of action and legal strategies / / edited by Marianne Holdgaard, Auður Magnúsdóttir, Bodil Selmer.

• Superior document: Legal History Library ; Volume 38
• TeilnehmendeR: Holdgaard, Marianne,; Auður Magnúsdóttir,; Selmer, Bodil,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Legal history library ; Volume 38.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.
• ISBN: 9004435581
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Marianne Holdgaard, Auður Magnúsdóttir, Bodil Selmer.

Nordic Inheritance Law through the Ages – Spaces of Action and Legal Strategies explores the significance of inheritance law from medieval times to the present through topical and in-depth studies that bring life to historical and contemporary inheritance practices. The contributions cover three themes: status of persons and their options in the process of property devolution; wills, gift-giving and legal disputes as means to shape the working of the law; processes of inheritance legislation. The authors focus on instances where legal strategies of various actors particularly reveal inheritance law as a contested and yet constrained space of action, and somewhat surprisingly show similar solutions to family law issues dealt with in other Western European countries. Contributors are: Simone Abram, Gitte Meldgaard Abrahamsen, Per Andersen, Agnes S. Arnórsdóttir, John Asland, Knut Dørum, Thomas Eeg, Ian Peter Grohse, Marianne Holdgaard, Astrid Mellem Johnsen, Már Jónsson, Mia Korpiola, Gabriela Bjarne Larsson, Auður Magnúsdóttir, Bodil Selmer, Helle I. M. Sigh, and Miriam Tveit.