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Dead Hands - A Social History of Wills, Trusts, and Inheritance Law (Paperback)
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Dead Hands - A Social History of Wills, Trusts, and Inheritance Law (Paperback)
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The law of succession rests on a single brute fact: you can't take
it with you. The stock of wealth that turns over as people die is
staggeringly large. In the United States alone, some $41 trillion
will pass from the dead to the living in the first half of the 21st
century. But the social impact of inheritance is more than a matter
of money; it is also a matter of what money buys and brings about.
Law and custom allow people many ways to pass on their property. As
Friedman's enlightening social history reveals, a decline in formal
rules, the ascendancy of will substitutes over classic wills,
social changes like the rise of the family of affection, changing
ideas of acceptable heirs, and the potential disappearance of the
estate tax all play a large role in the balance of wealth. "Dead
Hands" uncovers the tremendous social and legal importance of this
rite of passage, and how it reflects changing values and priorities
in American families and society.
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