Wills, Inheritance and Families Hardback
by Janet (Vice-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Keele University) Finch, Lynn Hayes, Judith (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, University of Warwick) Masson, Jennifer (Lecturer, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Lecturer, School of Sociology and Mason, Lorraine (both at the Department of Social Science, both at the Department of Social Science Wallis
Part of the Oxford Socio-Legal Studies series
Hardback
Description
The Issue of how assets are distributed after death is of increasing significance for larger numbers of people.
In this original and path-breaking study, the authors examine the principle means through which people plan to dispose of their assets after death: by the use of wills.
By offering an empirical study of 800 English wills, the book identifies significant patterns of bequeathing among a cross-section of the population, and not just among those sections of society who enjoy substantial wealth.
This leads us to focus upon what wills tell us about the family and kin relationships, and upon how people transmit their assets across generations: to their families and to institutions and organizations.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages, line figures, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/03/1996
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198258346
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages, line figures, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/03/1996
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198258346
