SECTION XVI - Succession

Manual of German Law (2008)

E. J. Cohn - Sir
Section: Part III PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

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SECTION XVI - Succession

88. The Germanic law of succession distinguished sharply between movable and immovable property. The consequences of the distinction extend in English law to the field of the conflict of laws, where different rules apply to the succession in respect of real and personal property. German law on the other hand has in the field of substantive law received from Roman law the principle of the unity of the estate. This principle has on its part...

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