the existing rules of inheritance law. I argue that the blood relationship is too strong to abolish this as a basic … principle for inheritance law. However this is only valid for family property, passing through generations. For the modern … marital property law (eg equitable distribution rules), but not at the level of inheritance law …

Rwanda’s laws provide opportunities for gender equity by granting equal inheritance rights to sons and daughters and … and land matters and often discriminate against women’s direct rights to property and inheritance. The majority of adult … women in Rwanda have no legal protection of their rights to property and inheritance because there is no legal recognition …

equitable property and inheritance rights, including for women in so-called de facto unions (cohabitation without marriage). A … key policy debate in the revision of Mozambique’s Succession Law is the legal recognition of inheritance rights of people …. Customary law remains dominant over inheritance practices in many areas of the country; engagement with customary leaders and …

Customary law governs the majority of Ghanaians' cases of intestate (no will) inheritance due to customary governance … critical.Property and inheritance rights of individuals in cohabiting unions without registered marriages are not protected by … the inheritance rights of women and children.Decentralised access to administrative and judicial services is important to …

children's inheritance rights. Opportunities exist to address limitations through the revision of Uganda's Succession Act, and … recognition of the property and inheritance rights of spouses.Strategic litigation pursued by NGOs has provided judicial … advice on inheritance rights and planning …

Several cultural groups in Kenya claim customary inheritance practices that favour males over females and Kenya … continue.Policy debates regarding the property and inheritance rights of women in cohabitating unions (unregistered and often … individuals' interests in land holdings and therefore future inheritance claims.Inheritance disputes are commonly arbitrated by …

We study how attitudes to inheritance taxation are influenced by information about the role of inherited wealth in … inheritance taxation. The effect is almost uniform across socio-economic groups and survives a battery of robustness tests … inherited wealth could be one explanation behind the relatively marginalized role of inheritance taxation in developed economies. …