Inheritance and the Right to Bequeath

Legal and Philosophical Perspectives

Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch, Daniel Halliday, Thomas Gutmann

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Routledge
27 May 2024

Ethics & moral philosophy; Sociology: family & relationships; Sociology: death & dying; Property law; Wills, probate & Succession

Series: Law and Politics

In every Western democracy today, inheritances have a very profound influence on people’s lives. This motivates renewed scholarship on inheritance law by philosophy and the legal sciences. The present volume aims to contribute to some ongoing areas of inquiry while also filling some gaps in research.

It is organized in a highly interdisciplinary way. In the thirteen chapters of the book, written by outstanding philosophers and legal scholars, the following questions, among others, are discussed: What is the nature of the right to bequeath? What are the social functions of bequest and inheritance? What arguments concerning justice have philosophers and legal scholars advanced in favour or against practices of bequest and inheritance? How should we think about taxing the wealth transfers that occur in bequest and inheritance? In discussing these questions, the authors break new ground and offer much needed insight into several related domains, such as the philosophy of law; legal theory; general and applied ethics; social and political philosophy; theories of justice; and the history of legal, political, and economic thought.

This book will be of great interest to scholars in these areas as well as policy-makers.

Edited by: Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch, Daniel Halliday, Thomas Gutmann
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781032331577
ISBN 10: 1032331577
Series: Law and Politics
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Braunschweig, Germany. Daniel Halliday is Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Thomas Gutmann is Professor of Civil Law and Philosophy of Law at the Faculties of Law and of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Research Institute for Philosophy of Law at the University of Münster, Germany.