In dit artikel bespreekt de auteur het versterfrecht in België, zijnde de regels die bepalen wie wat krijgt indien de overledene zelf niets heeft geregeld omtrent zijn vermogen. In this article, the author critically examines the Belgian rules on intestate law. The author discusses the rules on...

Analyzing the usufruct of the surviving spouse under Belgian inheritance law, with special attention to the possibilities for conversion of usufruct into capital and arguing how such conversion should be made. The article explains that conversion methods resulting in a higher value of usufruct...

In this article I analyze the new and very innovative Dutch succession law and put the different aspects of the new law in a comparative context. This "contextualization" all the more proves the innovative character of the Dutch law

Many European member states claim the need for an autonomous gaming law policy based on their culture, tradition and moral values. In the online world of today, where national boundaries have evaporated and the unity of the world has become a one second reality, these arguments to the very least...

This paper offers a substantial and profound analysis of the three characteristics of a donation or gift inter vivos under Belgian law. The text is structured around these features: contract, immediate, irrevocable. The article is an update and actualisation of my original comments in the same...

This book offers an introduction in all specific contracts under Belgian Law. The three parts are built around the contracts of transferring property (with sale as main contract), enjoying property (with lease as main contract) and service contracts (with building contract and agency as main...

This book deals with serveral issues of sale of real estate under Belgian Law. It includes problems with hidden defects upon the sale of real estate, split purchase in usufruct and nude property and the many preferred purchase rights of the Flemish government

Interview with Netto De Tijd: In this interview I argue that Belgian inheritance law is outdated. A substantial reform is needed, not the small ad hoc changes that some politicians are envisaging. Forced heirship rules should be abolished. A distinction should be made between family property...

In this interview I comment, together with philosopher Koen Raes, on the social inequality that may arise because of the existing rules of inheritance law. I argue that the blood relationship is too strong to abolish this as a basic principle for inheritance law. However this is only valid for...