The American Law Institute Proposes Simplifying the Doctrine of Estates

Waggoner, Lawrence

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1612878

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The American Law Institute Proposes Simplifying the Doctrine of Estates

Lawrence W. Waggoner

University of Michigan Law School

May 21, 2010

U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 198

Abstract:
This short essay reports on the proposal for reformulating and simplifying the doctrine of estates that was just adopted by the American Law Institute in the Restatement (Third) of Property: Wills and Other Donative Transfers (Tent. Draft No. 6, Approved 2010).

Number of Pages in PDF File: 9

Keywords: Estates, wills, donative transfers

JEL Classification: K10

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Date posted: May 22, 2010 ; Last revised: June 16, 2010

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Waggoner, Lawrence W., The American Law Institute Proposes Simplifying the Doctrine of Estates (May 21, 2010). U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 198. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1612878 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1612878

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