Inherited wealth
By: Jens Beckert ; translated by Thomas Dunlap.
Publisher: Princeton University Press; Princeton Univ Pr; Brand: Unknown
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691124971; 9780691134512
Subjects: Inheritance and succession -- Germany; Inheritance and succession -- France; Inheritance and succession -- United States
Work titles: Unverdientes Vermögen.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The right to bequeath: testamentary freedom and the individuality of property; title: Equality and inclusion : the inheritance rights of the family; title: Political structure and inheritance law : the abolition of entails; title: Social justice through redistribution? the taxation of inheritance; title: Conclusion : discourse and institutions.