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Launching a major new research project examining the principles of succession law in comparative perspective, this book discusses the formalities which the law imposes in order for a person to make a testamentary disposal of property. Among the questions considered are the following. How are wills made? What precisely are the rules - as to the signature of the testator, the use of witnesses, the need for a notary public or lawyer, and so on? Is there is a choice of will-type and, if so, which type is used most often and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each? How common is will-making or do most people die intestate? What happens if formalities are not observed? How can requiremen...
This book illustrates the influence of early human rights and mass industrialisation on the right to (physically) enforce performance of obligations in France, the German territories and the Netherlands during the nineteenth century. It provides background information to the harmonisation of a controversial concept in European Private Law.
A new Forum section focuses on the impact of Digital Humanities on Goethe scholarship and on eighteenth-century German Studies, alongside articles on a diverse range of authors and topics.The Goethe Yearbook is a publication of the Goethe Society of North America, showcasing North American and international scholarship on Goethe and other authors and aspects of the Goethezeit. Volume 27 features the yearbook''s first Forum, a discussion of the impact of Digital Humanities (DH) and "computational criticism" on Goethe scholarship and eighteenth-century German Studies more broadly. For this launch, invited contributors were askedto consider the canon in comparison to "the great unread" (Margare...
English summary: In his study, the author describes the special position of the Faculty of Law in the history of the University of Heidelberg. After a period of decline, the university rose like a phoenix from the ashes when it was transferred to Baden in 1803. Owing to a wise hiring policy, the Faculty of Law regained its former glory and contributed substantially to Heidelberg's attractiveness as a place to study in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is surprising that after the old monarchal system was overthrown in 1918/19 the majority of the legal scholars in Heidelberg supported the Weimar Constitution. In 1933, Jewish professors and professors with Jewish wives, such as Leopold Perels, a...