Ethical Wills – a Continental Law Perspective

<p>Ethical wills are testaments, or planning instruments mortis causa alike, that contain provisions regarding the deceased&rsquo;s (non-economic) values rather than his (economic) valuables. The authors define and analyse the substance and form of ethical wills from a comparative Continen...

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Main Authors: Frederik Swennen, Renate Barbaix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2014-04-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2431115