Polish Abstract: Dzisiaj można wskazać szereg dogodnych dla testatora instrumentów służących rozrządzeniom na wypadek śmierci, które mogłyby pozwolić m.in. na uniknięcie spekulacji co do ustalenia autorstwa danego testamentu, jak ma to miejsce w wypadku testamentu holograficznego....

The disposition of disinheritance, which as part of the freedom of the assets disposition in the event of death, interferes with the legislative solutions protecting persons close to the deceased. This institution is not uniformly understood and regulated in national laws of the EU countries....

Polish Abstract: Zachowek to instytucja znana wielu systemom prawa cywilnego. Jej obecny kształt w prawie polskim budzi pewne kontrowersje. Od pewnego czasu w Polsce pojawiają się zaś głosy wskazujące na konieczność uwspółcześnienia polskiego prawa spadkowego. Wypowiedź autora jest...

The English Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 is one of the legislative solutions that provides, based on the discretionary power of the judge, a possibility of interference of the court in the fate of the inheritance estate after the death of the testator. Recently, the...

Polish Abstract: Rozwój prawa spadkowego w Polsce powoduje konieczność zastanowienia się nad regulacjami dotyczącymi ochrony osób bliskich spadkodawcy w kontekście jego dyspozycji testamentowych. Zachowek przewidziany w kodeksie cywilnym nie wydaje się już pożądany, zwłaszcza z uwagi...

In view of the fact that one of the main tasks of modern inheritance law is to connect the available legal structures with the shape of property relations existing in the society and to favour solutions which enable to make the most of the testator’s estate after his or her death, the author...

The need to write this book has arisen in connection with author's recent conviction that a common European inheritance law in any form (in particular within the European Union) would be highly desirable. Undoubtedly, inheritance law today belongs to the areas of private law, which in recent...

The need to write this book has arisen in connection with my recent conviction that a common European inheritance law in any form (in particular within the European Union) would be highly desirable. Undoubtedly, inheritance law today belongs to the areas of private law, which in recent times,...

Inheritance law of some European countries is going through transformation. The discussion on the future of inheritance law in Europe has not been completed yet, and it may be argued whether it has even started. One of the key issues is the area of liability for inheritance debts, as in any...