{"product_id":"dead-hands-a-social-history-of-wills-trusts-and-inheritance-law-paperback","title":"Dead Hands: A Social History of Wills, Trusts, and Inheritance Law - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence M. Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe law of succession rests on a single brute fact: you can't 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 half of the 21st century. But the social impact of inheritance is more than a matter of money; it is also a matter of what money buys and brings about.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaw and custom allow people many ways to pass on their property. As Friedman's enlightening social history reveals, a decline in formal rules, the ascendancy of will substitutes over classic wills, social changes like the rise of the family of affection, changing ideas of acceptable heirs, and the potential disappearance of the estate tax all play a large role in the balance of wealth. \u003ci\u003eDead Hands\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the tremendous social and legal importance of this rite of passage, and how it reflects changing values and priorities in American families and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawrence M. Friedman is Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. His books include \u003ci\u003eGuarding Life's Dark Secrets: Legal and Social Controls over Reputation, Propriety, and Privacy\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2007), \u003ci\u003ePrivate Lives: Families, Individuals, and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eA History of American Law\u003c\/i\u003e (2005, third edition), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Law in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), and \u003ci\u003eLegal Culture in the Age of Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722961653823,"sku":"9780804762090","price":31.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5d4de6de6f893100c31dafa12084eaa4.webp?v=1765097535","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dead-hands-a-social-history-of-wills-trusts-and-inheritance-law-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}