Cases And Materials On Gratuitous Transfers Wills Trusts Gifts Future Interests And Taxation

The new edition of Gratuitous Transfers incorporates developments in the law of wills, trusts and estates since 2013, including a new principal case involving beneficiary consent to trust accounting. The text also includes references to case law and literature relating to same-sex marriage, revocation by divorce, reformation of wills, directed trusts, trust decanting, and fiduciary access to digital assets, as well as statutory references to recent amendments to the Uniform Probate Code and Uniform Trust Code. The coverage has been thoroughly updated while maintaining continuity of organization and general approach with previous editions.

Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect evolving case law and recent developments in the Restatement (Third) of Trusts and revisions to the Uniform Probate Code and other uniform laws. Furnishes ample material for a basic survey course on wills, trusts and decedents' estates, and for more advanced courses in the field. Includes surviving spouse's elective share and waiver of marital property rights; recent cases on the creation of trusts, exceptions to spendthrift protection, and remedies for breach of the fiduciary duty of loyalty; fiduciary investments and the prudent investor rule; and the Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities.

The new edition of Gratuitous Transfers incorporates developments in the law of wills, trusts and estates since 2007, including new principal cases involving insane delusions, formalities of will execution, charitable restrictions and trust modification. The text also includes references to case law and literature relating to same-sex marriage, posthumously-conceived children, transfer-on-death deeds, asset protection and perpetual trusts, as well as statutory references to amended Uniform Probate Code provisions concerning parent-child status, spousal elective share and notarized wills. The coverage has been thoroughly updated while maintaining continuity of organization and general approach with previous editions.

Inherent flaws of the legal origins in researching the field of corporate law: the taxonomy of countries -- Inherent flaws of the legal origins in researching the field of corporate law: coding errors -- The inherent dangers of the persisting influence of legal origins theory on the international level -- The US and EU: legal origins and individual institutes in US and EU corporate laws -- Bibliography -- Index

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