Classes of heirs and the intestate succession rights of the surviving spouse in the European civil law tradition

The Roman law heritage is present even today in all legislations which are part of the European civil law system. Since one of the most stable parts of all civil codes is the one concerning the intestate inheritances, in the light of the inheritance rights of the surviving spouse and the classes of...

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Main Authors: Şchiopu, S.-D., Nicolae, I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House 2011-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
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Online Access:http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/BULETIN%20VII%20PDF/21%20schiopu%20nicolae%201%20BUT%202011.pdf
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description The Roman law heritage is present even today in all legislations which are part of the European civil law system. Since one of the most stable parts of all civil codes is the one concerning the intestate inheritances, in the light of the inheritance rights of the surviving spouse and the classes of heirs, this article attempts to highlight the perpetuation of some characteristics of the intestate succession since the late Roman law till the modern era in France and Germany, without overlooking some aspects of our old legal systems. Our analysis will confirm that some of the principles laid down in Justinian’s legislation survived till nowadays.
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spelling doaj.art-8b9a97f966114f718af152146c4b28002023-01-02T14:36:04ZengTransilvania University of Brasov Publishing HouseBulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law2066-77012066-771X2011-01-0141133138Classes of heirs and the intestate succession rights of the surviving spouse in the European civil law traditionŞchiopu, S.-D.Nicolae, I.The Roman law heritage is present even today in all legislations which are part of the European civil law system. Since one of the most stable parts of all civil codes is the one concerning the intestate inheritances, in the light of the inheritance rights of the surviving spouse and the classes of heirs, this article attempts to highlight the perpetuation of some characteristics of the intestate succession since the late Roman law till the modern era in France and Germany, without overlooking some aspects of our old legal systems. Our analysis will confirm that some of the principles laid down in Justinian’s legislation survived till nowadays.http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/BULETIN%20VII%20PDF/21%20schiopu%20nicolae%201%20BUT%202011.pdfab intestate successioninheritance rightsclasses of heirssurviving spouse.
spellingShingle Şchiopu, S.-D.
Nicolae, I.
Classes of heirs and the intestate succession rights of the surviving spouse in the European civil law tradition
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
ab intestate succession
inheritance rights
classes of heirs
surviving spouse.
title Classes of heirs and the intestate succession rights of the surviving spouse in the European civil law tradition
title_full Classes of heirs and the intestate succession rights of the surviving spouse in the European civil law tradition
title_fullStr Classes of heirs and the intestate succession rights of the surviving spouse in the European civil law tradition
title_full_unstemmed Classes of heirs and the intestate succession rights of the surviving spouse in the European civil law tradition
title_short Classes of heirs and the intestate succession rights of the surviving spouse in the European civil law tradition
title_sort classes of heirs and the intestate succession rights of the surviving spouse in the european civil law tradition
topic ab intestate succession
inheritance rights
classes of heirs
surviving spouse.
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