Selflessness in the context of testamentary gift-giving: The case of testamentary promises
Atelier de droit civil avec Alexandra Braun, Associate Professor, University of Oxford.
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(En anglais seulement) This paper investigates the role selflessness and more specifically altruism is playing in the context of testamentary gift-giving, with a particular focus on testamentary promises. It investigates the motives behind testamentary gifts and, especially, promises to benefit someone on death, by drawing on findings, of economists, anthropologists and sociologists. The paper explores the nature of such promises and the consequences that ensue when they are broken, and questions whether and, to what extent, the motives should influence how lawmakers perceive and tackle cases in which the promisee has relied upon the promise.
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