Wills, Inheritance, and the Family
Janet Finch, Lynn Hayes, Jennifer Mason, Judith Masson, and Lorraine Wallis
Price: £65.00 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-825834-6
Publication date: 7 March 1996
208 pages, 32 figures & tables, 216x138 mm
Series: Oxford Socio-Legal Studies
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| Description | | The Issue of how assets are distributed after death is of increasing significance for larger numbers of people. In this original and path-breaking study, the authors examine the principle means through which people plan to dispose of their assets after death: by the use of wills. By offering an empirical study of 800 English wills, the book identifies significant patterns of bequeathing among a
cross-section of the population, and not just among those sections of society who enjoy substantial wealth. This leads us to focus upon what wills tell us about the family and kin relationships, and upon how people transmit their assets across generations: to their families and to institutions and organizations. |
Readership: Academics and practitioners interested in Family Law, Property Law, and Socio-legal Studies; academics interested in the sociology of the family, social policy, social history, and anthropology.
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Janet Finch, Vice Chancellor, Keele University,
Lynn Hayes, Research Associate, University of Lancaster,
Jennifer Mason, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds,
Judith Masson, Professor of Law, University of Warwick, and
Lorraine Wallis, Research Fellow, University of Lancaster
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