The book provides the theoretical provisions on inheritance law in accordance with Part III of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and civil law science trends. It contains a lot of cases and judicial decisions, which are necessary for the proper understanding of Russian inheritance law and...

Empirical legal scholars tell it like it is. The nature of the “it” that we might want to know about varies significantly by legal field, however, and it also differs based on one's scholarly position within that field. This Comment explores the major ways that empirical legal scholarship...

When reform of gender discriminatory law fails, individual action can offer a second-best solution. As most Muslim-majority countries, Tunisia applies Islamic inheritance law, systematically favoring sons over daughters. By making gifts to their daughter, parents can privately attenuate gender...

This essay discusses common law, equity and statutory rules governing gratuitous transfers of assets in the United States and Great Britain. One of the recurring questions of inheritance law is how to increase the chances of reaching the result the transferor wanted. Sometimes in tension with...

This symposium paper, originally presented at the September 19, 2008 NYU Tax Law Review Symposium on inheritance taxation, begins to examine what it might mean for the law to protect a "right to use one's resources to benefit one's family." The paper draws on historical debates over inheritance...

Inheritance law is a family-oriented legal institution shaping how families transfer wealth across generations. This review discusses the main components of inheritance law (inheritance tax rate, and testamentary freedom), and how they impact business families. It also explores common strategies...