The Family and Inheritance

by Marvin B. Sussman, James Smith, Judith Cates

Two sociologists and a lawyer examine here the attitudes of both survivors and attorney on various problems surrounding inheritance--from will-making through estate settlement. Within a legal frame of reference, this book is a study of what happens within a family at death--and why. The authors use the "inheritance unit" as the basis for looking at the functions of inheritance in intergenerational family continuity and the general patterns of family...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871548739
• ISBN13: 9780871548733
• Release Date: December 1970
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"