Succession Agreements in South African and Scots Law
Succession Agreements in South African and Scots Law
This chapter examines the history of succession agreements in Scots and South African law. It explains that succession agreements fall into two broad categories: the classic or indirect type, which attempts to affect a succession by influencing the contents of a will; and the direct type, which dispenses altogether with a will and purports to effect a succession on death directly by contract. South African law has extended the Roman law's prohibition of the indirect type of agreement to include the direct type as well, while Scots law has no qualms about enforcing both types of agreement.
Keywords: succession agreements, Scots law, South African law, will, Roman law
Edinburgh Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
