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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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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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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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Intestate Succession for Stepchildren: California Leads the Way, but Has It Gone Far Enough [PDF]
, 1995 The laws of intestate succession have traditionally precluded stepchildren from sharing in the intestate estate of their stepparents. In 1985 the California legislature rejected this tradition by enacting what is now California Probate Code section 6454,
Hanson, Thomas M.
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Equitable interpretation of the intestate succession ACT [PDF]
, 2013 The purpose of this work is to analyse how best to make the Intestate Succession Act more applicable on the ground. The dissertation therefore tries to look at what the mischief was that parliament intended to remedy, the impact of the dual legal system ...
Mtonga, Misozi
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A comparative analysis of the position of descendants where a deceased dies intestate and is survived by a spouse or spouses [PDF]
, 2021 LLM (Estate Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusThe order of intestate succession in South Africa is governed by the Intestate Succession Act 81 of 1987. Section 1(1)(c)(i) of this Act stipulates that if a deceased is survived by a spouse or
Booysen, D.
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Statutory laws of intestate succession in south-east Nigeria: addressing the gaps of legal pluralism [PDF]
This research investigates the regulation of intestate succession in Anambra and Ebonyi states of South-East Nigeria. It highlights the difficulties suffered by women and children who are disinherited under customary law and unveils the inadequacy of ...
Eboh, Nnenna Joy
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De JureThere is a common belief that several fundamental human rights and Islamic law (finding its basis in the Holy Qur’ãn and the Prophetic teachings) are intrinsically at odds with one another.
Mohamed Hoosain Sungay
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Constitutional Law - Equal Protection - Suspect Classification - Illegitimacy - Intestate Succession [PDF]
, 1977 The United States Supreme Court has held a state intestate succession statute which denies illegitimate children the right to inherit from their father\u27s estate to be a violation of equal protection. Trimble v. Gordon, 430 U.S. 762 (1977)
Fertelmes, Lauren Revoldt
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, 2012 The law of succession is a part of civil law and its main goal is to secure the succession during generations. On somebody's decease there is come to gaining inheritance in the same point. The inheritance proceedings begin ex offo subsequently.
Schneiderová, Martina
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