Inherited Wealth:
How to regulate the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next has been hotly debated among politicians, legal scholars, sociologists, economists, and philosophers for centuries. Bequeathing wealth is a vital ingredient of family solidarity. But does the reproduction of social inequality thr...
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Zusammenfassung: | How to regulate the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next has been hotly debated among politicians, legal scholars, sociologists, economists, and philosophers for centuries. Bequeathing wealth is a vital ingredient of family solidarity. But does the reproduction of social inequality through inheritance square with the principle of equal opportunity? Does democracy suffer when family wealth becomes political power? The first in-depth, comparative study of the development of inheritance law in the United States, France, and Germany, Inherited Wealth investigates longstanding political and intellectual debates over inheritance laws and explains why these laws still differ so greatly among these countries. Using a sociological perspective, Jens Beckert sheds light on the four most controversial issues in inheritance law during the past two centuries: the freedom to dispose of one's property as one wishes, the rights of family members to the wealth bequeathed, the dissolution of entails (which restrict inheritance to specific classes of heirs), and estate taxation. Beckert shows that while the United States, France, and Germany have all long defended inheritance rights based on the notion of individual property rights, they have justified limitations on inheritance rights in profoundly different ways, reflecting culturally specific ways of understanding the problems of inherited wealth |
Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Nov 2018) |
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ISBN: | 9780691187402 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780691187402 |
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spelling | Beckert, Jens 1967- Verfasser (DE-588)115876065 aut Inherited Wealth Jens Beckert Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2018] © 2008 1 online resource txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Nov 2018) How to regulate the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next has been hotly debated among politicians, legal scholars, sociologists, economists, and philosophers for centuries. Bequeathing wealth is a vital ingredient of family solidarity. But does the reproduction of social inequality through inheritance square with the principle of equal opportunity? Does democracy suffer when family wealth becomes political power? The first in-depth, comparative study of the development of inheritance law in the United States, France, and Germany, Inherited Wealth investigates longstanding political and intellectual debates over inheritance laws and explains why these laws still differ so greatly among these countries. Using a sociological perspective, Jens Beckert sheds light on the four most controversial issues in inheritance law during the past two centuries: the freedom to dispose of one's property as one wishes, the rights of family members to the wealth bequeathed, the dissolution of entails (which restrict inheritance to specific classes of heirs), and estate taxation. Beckert shows that while the United States, France, and Germany have all long defended inheritance rights based on the notion of individual property rights, they have justified limitations on inheritance rights in profoundly different ways, reflecting culturally specific ways of understanding the problems of inherited wealth In English Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Inheritance and succession France Inheritance and succession Germany Inheritance and succession United States Rechtspolitik (DE-588)4048822-6 gnd rswk-swf Rechtssoziologie (DE-588)4048837-8 gnd rswk-swf Internationaler Vergleich (DE-588)4120509-1 gnd rswk-swf Erbrecht (DE-588)4015110-4 gnd rswk-swf Entwicklung (DE-588)4113450-3 gnd rswk-swf Frankreich (DE-588)4018145-5 gnd rswk-swf Deutschland (DE-588)4011882-4 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf 1\p (DE-588)4113937-9 Hochschulschrift gnd-content Deutschland (DE-588)4011882-4 g Erbrecht (DE-588)4015110-4 s Frankreich (DE-588)4018145-5 g USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Geschichte z Internationaler Vergleich (DE-588)4120509-1 s 2\p DE-604 Entwicklung (DE-588)4113450-3 s Rechtspolitik (DE-588)4048822-6 s Rechtssoziologie (DE-588)4048837-8 s 3\p DE-604 Dunlap, Thomas Sonstige oth https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691187402 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | Beckert, Jens 1967- Inherited Wealth Inheritance and succession France Inheritance and succession Germany Inheritance and succession United States Rechtspolitik (DE-588)4048822-6 gnd Rechtssoziologie (DE-588)4048837-8 gnd Internationaler Vergleich (DE-588)4120509-1 gnd Erbrecht (DE-588)4015110-4 gnd Entwicklung (DE-588)4113450-3 gnd |
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title | Inherited Wealth |
title_auth | Inherited Wealth |
title_exact_search | Inherited Wealth |
title_full | Inherited Wealth Jens Beckert |
title_fullStr | Inherited Wealth Jens Beckert |
title_full_unstemmed | Inherited Wealth Jens Beckert |
title_short | Inherited Wealth |
title_sort | inherited wealth |
topic | Inheritance and succession France Inheritance and succession Germany Inheritance and succession United States Rechtspolitik (DE-588)4048822-6 gnd Rechtssoziologie (DE-588)4048837-8 gnd Internationaler Vergleich (DE-588)4120509-1 gnd Erbrecht (DE-588)4015110-4 gnd Entwicklung (DE-588)4113450-3 gnd |
topic_facet | Inheritance and succession France Inheritance and succession Germany Inheritance and succession United States Rechtspolitik Rechtssoziologie Internationaler Vergleich Erbrecht Entwicklung Frankreich Deutschland USA Hochschulschrift |
url | https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691187402 |
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