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Trolle Önnerfors, Elsa --- "New legal conflicts in an old legal context: the law of inheritance and its challenges in the twenty-first century in the perspective of the ageing individual" [2017] ELECD 492; in Numhauser-Henning, Ann (ed), "Elder Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 335

Book Title: Elder Law

Editor(s): Numhauser-Henning, Ann

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785369087

Section: Chapter 14

Section Title: New legal conflicts in an old legal context: the law of inheritance and its challenges in the twenty-first century in the perspective of the ageing individual

Author(s): Trolle Önnerfors, Elsa

Number of pages: 23

Abstract/Description:

Inheritance law is a legal matter of constant discussion and interest, and especially so for elderly people. This chapter concentrates on current legal debates, and issues such as inheritance rights of surviving spouses and cohabitants, the legal status of forced heirship versus testamentary freedom, the use of wills, and, finally, the effects of the new EU regulation on international succession. Characteristics for Swedish inheritance rights are highlighted but comparisons with other legal systems are also made. Family law, inheritance law, forced heirship, wills, international succession law, death