Wills, Inheritance, and Families

by Janet Finch

The issue of how assets are distributed after death is of increasing significance for larger numbers of people. In this original and path-breaking study, the authors examine the principle means through which people plan to dispose of their assets after death: by the use of wills. By offering an empirical study of 800 English wills, the book identifies significant patterns of bequeathing among a cross-section of the population, and not just among those...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198258348
• ISBN13: 9780198258346
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"