This book makes a compelling case for placing the social and legal practices of inheritance centre stage to make sense of fundamental questions of our time.Drawing on historical, literary, sociological, and legal analysis, this rich collection of ori...Lasīt vairāk
This book makes a compelling case for placing the social and legal practices of inheritance centre stage to make sense of fundamental questions of our time.Drawing on historical, literary, sociological, and legal analysis, this rich collection of ori...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Mar-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674292802)
Two leading social scientists examine the gender wealth gap in countries with officially egalitarian property law, showing how legal professionals-wittingly and unwittingly-help rich families and men maintain their privilege.In many countries, proper...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Nov-2012, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781135135263)
The core of the book consists of a selection of papers presented at an international workshop where researchers from a variety of fields and countries discussed the connections between inherited wealth, justice and equality. The volume is complemente...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Nov-2012, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781135135270)
The core of the book consists of a selection of papers presented at an international workshop where researchers from a variety of fields and countries discussed the connections between inherited wealth, justice and equality. The volume is complemente...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Studies in the Legal History of the South
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Aug-2011, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Georgia Press, ISBN-13: 9780820342306)
Fathers of Conscience examines high-court decisions in the antebellum South that involved wills in which white male planters bequeathed property, freedom, or both to women of color and their mixed-race children. These men, whose wills were c...Lasīt vairāk
Your next-door neighbors two-year-old broke your most expensive vase, and your neighbor hasnt offered to replace it. Your best friend expects you to shop at the boutique she just opened, though her very pricey clothes look terrible on you. And your...Lasīt vairāk
Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, Melissa Osborne Groves
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Oct-2009, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9781400835492)
Is the United States "e;the land of equal opportunity"e; or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that...Lasīt vairāk
Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, Melissa Osborne Groves
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Oct-2009, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9781400835492)
Is the United States "e;the land of equal opportunity"e; or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 18-Sep-2009, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University Press of Mississippi, ISBN-13: 9781604730777)
In the early twentieth century, two wealthy white sisters, cousins to a North Carolina governor, wrote identical wills that left their substantial homeplace to a black man and his daughter. Maggie Ross, whose sister Sallie died in 1909, was the riche...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 18-Sep-2009, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: University Press of Mississippi, ISBN-13: 9781628469165)
In the early twentieth century, two wealthy white sisters, cousins to a North Carolina governor, wrote identical wills that left their substantial homeplace to a black man and his daughter. Maggie Ross, whose sister Sallie died in 1909, was the riche...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-Mar-2009, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780804771085)
The law of succession rests on a single brute fact: you cant take it with you. The stock of wealth that turns over as people die is staggeringly large. In the United States alone, some 41 trillion will pass from the dead to the living in the first...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-Mar-2009, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780804771085)
The law of succession rests on a single brute fact: you cant take it with you. The stock of wealth that turns over as people die is staggeringly large. In the United States alone, some 41 trillion will pass from the dead to the living in the first...Lasīt vairāk
While the United States is the worlds richest nation, the distribution of private property and wealth among Americans is often comprised of alarmingly disparate portions. With a rapidly aging and increasingly diverse population, the interdependence...Lasīt vairāk
While the United States is the worlds richest nation, the distribution of private property and wealth among Americans is often comprised of alarmingly disparate portions. With a rapidly aging and increasingly diverse population, the interdependence...Lasīt vairāk