Succession LawBasics

3. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-414-01860-0
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten

Succession LawBasics 3rd Edition provides students with an insightful guide to the Scots law of succession, trusts and executry, including coverage of wills, survivorship and legal rights. The second edition has an extended section on executry practice. An excellent piece of background reading, the work is presented in a clear and comprehensible fashion and represents an ideal foundation on which the reader can build a greater understanding of the subjects.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gibb, Alex

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Alasdair B. Gordon, author of the 2nd Edition

1. Introduction

2. Survivorship

3. Legal Rights

4. Intestate Succession

5. Essential and Formal Validity

6. Common Testamentary Provisions

7. Residuary and Substitutionary Provisions

8. Vesting and Accreditation

9. Alterations and Additions

10. Will Substitutes

11. Interpretation of Wills

12. The Executor’s Role and Duties

13. Trusts

Über Autor(innen)

Alex Gibb teaches contract law at Aberdeen College.