An edition of Dead hands: a social history of wills, trusts, and inheritance law
(2009)
Dead hands
a social history of wills, trusts, and inheritance law
by Lawrence M. Friedman
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Law and custom allow people many ways to pass on their property. As Friedman's enlightening social history reveals, a decline in formal rules, the ascendancy of will substitutes over classic wills, social changes like the rise of the family of affection, changing ideas of acceptable heirs, and the potential disappearance of the estate tax all play a large role in the balance of wealth. Dead Hands uncovers the tremendous social and legal importance of this rite of passage, and how it reflects changing values and priorities in American families and society. --from publisher description.
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Dead hands: a social history of wills, trusts, and inheritance law
2009, Stanford University Press
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0804760365 9780804760362
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Table of Contents
Distribution after death : intestacy
The last will and testament
Will substitutes
Dynastic and caretaker trusts
"Breaking a will " : will contests and their social meaning
Control by the dead and its limits : the rise and fall of the rule against perpetuities
Control by the dead hand
Death and taxes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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