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Chalk dust in the law of inhibition [PDF]
, 2009 A discussion of the time at which an inhibition takes effect by reference to their character and traditional method of ...
MacLeod, J.
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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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Land reform, inheritance rights and unintended consequences [PDF]
, 2015 No abstract ...
Reid, Dot, Sweeney, Nicole
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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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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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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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Gender Equality and Customary Marriage: Bargaining in the Shadow of Post-Apartheid Legal Pluralism [PDF]
, 2006 This Report represents the culmination of a year-long project undertaken by the Crowley Program in International Human Rights at the Fordham Law School to study issues surrounding women and customary law marriages in South Africa in light of its ...
Fenrich, Jeanmarie +2 more
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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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Connecting Rights to Reality: A Progressive Framework of Core Legal Protections for Women's Property Rights [PDF]
, 2007 This document presents information of how women in many countries are far less likely than men to own property and assets - key tools to gaining economic security and earning higher incomes.
Cristina Manfre +2 more
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