Dead Hands: A Social History of Wills, Trusts, and Inheritance Law

by Lawrence M. Friedman and Lawrence M Friedman

The law of succession rests on a single brute fact: you can't take it with you. The stock of wealth that turns over as people die is staggeringly large. In the United States alone, some $41 trillion will pass from the dead to the living in the first half of the 21st century. But the social impact of inheritance is more than a matter of money; it is also a matter of what money buys and brings about.

Law and custom allow people many ways to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804762090
• ISBN13: 9780804762090
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Stanford Law Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"