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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Claiming a Promised Inheritance -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Introducing the promisee's perspective -- 1. The social context -- 2. The legal context -- Part II Obtaining what was promised -- Introduction to Part II -- 3. Establishing the existence of a contract to make a will -- 4. Establishing detrimental reliance on the promise -- 5. Establishing the moral duty of a promisor to provide for the promisee -- 6. Establishing the promisor's enrichment in Canadian law -- Concluding summary of Part II |
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Part III Obtaining less than what was promised -- Introduction to Part III -- 7. Establishing a claim under the New Zealand Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949 -- 8. Establishing an employment relationship -- 9. Establishing the value of the promisor's enrichment in German and French law -- 10. Establishing a claim to deferred wages for up to ten years -- 11. Establishing a claim on the basis of 2057a BGB and 677ff ABGB -- Concluding summary of Part III -- Concluding reflections -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Renowned scholar of comparative private law Alexandra Braun examines the law of testamentary promises, details what happens when these promises are broken, and compares how and when the interests of beneficiaries of testamentary promises are protected across a number of legal systems |
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Print version record |
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Promise (Law)
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Inheritance and succession.
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Inheritance and succession
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Promise (Law)
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Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
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Law.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191817199 |
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0191817198 |
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9780191074493 |
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0191074497 |
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9780191074509 |
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0191074500 |
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