Comparative Succession Law - Testamentary Formalities

Launching a major new research project examining the principles of succession law in comparative perspective, this volume analyses the formalities imposed by the law on making a will across a wide range of European and international jurisdictions.

About the author

A qualified solicitor, Kenneth Reid has taught at the University of Edinburgh since 1980. He was appointed to the Chair of Property Law in 1994 and to the Chair of Scots Law in 2008. From 1995 to 2005 he served as a Scottish Law Commissioner, where he was responsible for a major programme of reform of land law, which was implemented by legislation.

Marius de Waal is Professor of Private Law at the University of Stellenbosch. His main fields of interest are the law of succession and the law of trusts, on which he has written a number of textbooks, including co-authoring the the fifth edition of Honoré's South African Law of Trusts (Juta 2002, with Edwin Cameron, Basil Wunsh and Peter Solomon).

Reinhard Zimmermann is a Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg and is Chairman of the Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities Division of the Max Planck Society. He is the author of numerous books on comparative law and legal history, including The Law of Obligations (OUP, 1996) and The New German Law of Obligations (OUP, 2005).

Summary

Launching a major new research project examining the principles of succession law in comparative perspective, this volume analyses the formalities imposed by the law on making a will across a wide range of European and international jurisdictions.

Product details

• Authors: Marius J. de Waal, Kenneth G. C. Reid, Kenneth G. C./ De Waal Reid, Reinhard Zimmermann
• Assisted by: Marius J de Waal (Editor), Kenneth G C Reid (Editor), Prof. Kenneth G. C. Reid (Editor), Marius J. de Waal (Editor), Reinhard Zimmermann (Editor), Zimmermann Reinhard (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2011
• EAN: 9780199696802
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969680-2
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 34 mm
• Series: Comparative Succession Law; Comparative Succession Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law; LAW / Civil Law, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Wills, comparative law, Private or civil law: general, Wills & probate / Succession, Law: wills, probate, succession, inheritance, Private / Civil law: general works