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INHERITANCE AND INCEST: TOWARD A LÉVI‐STRAUSSIAN READING OF MONTESQUIEU'S DE L'ESPRIT DES LOIS1
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 46-74, March 2025.ABSTRACT The premise of this article is that Montesquieu, while seen as an Enlightenment thinker who contributed centrally to the development of the social sciences before the period of discipline formation in the nineteenth century, is generally appreciated in only the vaguest of terms.
Paul Cheney
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Family Court Review, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 920-935, October 2024.Abstract Part 15 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 governs the breakdown of cohabiting relationships in the Republic of Ireland. However, although the introduction of the statutory redress scheme under the 2010 Act was considered an important response to the growing need for the protection of vulnerable
Kathryn O'Sullivan
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Family Court Review, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 877-899, October 2024.Abstract This article illuminates the legal regulation of the economic rights of non‐marital partners at separation or death. Current approaches have typically fallen into two categories: one advocating for the separation of legal regimes based on formal status, treating cohabitant partners as strangers, and the other taking a functional approach ...
Shahar Lifshitz
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 379-393, June 2024.Abstract In 2020 Renaissance Studies [34 (2020): 243–59] published an essay entitled “Lorenzo de' Medici and Inheritance Law in Florence,” discussing the use of legislation by Lorenzo de' Medici to advantage Carlo Borromei in inheritance from his uncle, to the disadvantage of his cousin, Beatrice, who was married to a Pazzi.
Thomas Kuehn
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Mthembu v Letsela: The non-decision [PDF]
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2001 The debate concerning the apparent conflict between equality (section 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 108 of 1996) and culture (sections 30 and 31 of the 1996 Constitution) is ongoing.
AM Janse van Rensburg
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Reassessing the relationship between women's empowerment and fertility: Evidence from India
Review of Development Economics, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 544-573, May 2024.Abstract An overwhelming body of evidence supports a negative relationship between women's empowerment and fertility. In this paper, we evaluate whether this relationship holds in a setting with a high degree of son preference and limited access to abortion services by focusing on rural India.
Nayana Bose, Shreyasee Das
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Duration of exposure to inheritance law in India: Examining the heterogeneous effects on empowerment
Review of Development Economics, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 777-799, May 2024.Abstract The impact of public programs involving legal protection may depend on the duration of exposure, especially in developing countries with persistent social norms. A longer duration of the program is likely to be associated with gradual positive changes in these norms that beneficiaries could leverage in their favor.
Shreya Biswas +2 more
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Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 86, Issue 1, Page 30-48, February 2024.Abstract Objective This study examines sibling inequality in inheritances and investigates the associations between inheritance share, intergenerational support, and patrilineality, as well as the potential interplay between support and patrilineality.
Dahye Kim, Jeremy Lim‐Soh
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The Basics of Texas Intestate Succession Law [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 The ability to specify the new owners of property upon death is an important and powerful privilege that each state grants to its citizens. The odds are, however, that you have not executed a will and if so, you would be in good company. Many famous and wealthy people have died intestate including President Abraham Lincoln and Texas billionaire Howard ...
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