Inheritance and the right to bequeath legal and philosophical perspectives / edited by Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch, Daniel Halliday, and Thomas Gutmann.
| Other author | Schmidt am Busch, Hans-Christoph. |
| Other author | Halliday, Daniel, 1981- |
| Other author | Gutmann, Thomas. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Law and politics: continental perspectives |
| Contents | Introduction / Thomas Gutmann, Daniel Halliday, Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch -- What, if anything, is wrong with bequest? / Stefan Gosepath -- The morality of charitable bequests / Miranda Perry Fleischer - Is the right to bequeath a supernatural power? / Hillel Steiner -- The right to bequeath as a common legal power / Constantin Luft and Thomas Gutmann -- Property rights and the power to transfer / Daniel Halliday -- The double function of inheritance : rethinking conditional bequests / Shelly Keiczer-Levy -- Remembrance, esteem, and the right to bequeath / Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch -- Inheritance law and the challenge of securing care in old age / Daphna Hacker -- Natural right or convention? / David James -- Property in the tension between family and civil society / Christopher Yeomans -- Inheritance tax justice and family businesses / Christian Neuh©Þuser -- Taxing wealth and wealth transfers in the 21st century / Jennifer Bird-Pollan. |
| Abstract | "In every western democracy today, inheritances have a very profound influence on people's lives. This motivates renewed scholarship on inheritance law by philosophy and the legal sciences. The present volume aims to contribute to some ongoing areas of inquiry while also filling some gaps in research. It is organised in a highly interdisciplinary way. In the sixteen chapters of the book, written by outstanding philosophers and legal scholars, the following questions, among others, are discussed. What is the nature of the right to bequeath? What are the social functions of bequest and inheritance? What arguments concerning justice have philosophers and legal scholars advanced in favour or against practices of bequest and inheritance? How should we think about taxing the wealth transfers that occur in bequest and inheritance? In discussing these questions, the authors break new ground and offer much-needed insight into a number of related domains, such as the philosophy of law, legal theory, general and applied ethics, social and political philosophy, theories of justice and the history of legal, political and economic thought. Engaging the philosophy of law, legal theory, general and applied ethics, social and political philosophy, theories of justice and the history of legal, political and economic thought, this book will be of great interest to scholars in these areas as well as policy makers"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Inheritance and the right to bequeath Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780367760298 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022012261 |
| ISBN | 9781000645842 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003318477 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |