English | 2022 | EPUB, Converted PDF | 56 MB
Robert H. Sitkoff; Jesse Dukeminier, B09MMNDJV3, B09JS77NN9, 1543824463, 1543824471, 1543849148, 9781543824469, 9781543824476, 9781543849141, 978-1543824469, 978-1543824476, 978-1543849141
Widely hailed as one of the best
casebooks in legal education, this comprehensive text combines
interesting cases, thoughtful analysis, notes, images, and a clear
organization for an excellent teaching tool. Cartoons, illustrations,
case documents, and photographs provide engaging visual commentary.
Sidebars on relevant persons, places, and things provide interesting
and sometimes humorous context.
New to the Eleventh Edition:
- New section on will execution during the COVID-19 pandemic, with attention to reconciling “presence” with social distancing
- Updated and completely revised section on electronic or digital wills, with attention to the latest cases and statutes
- Updated
to account for the 2021 and 2019 revisions to the Uniform Probate Code
that, among other things, eliminated gender-based distinctions and
expanded recognition of non-biological parent-child relationships
- Updated coverage of wealth and income inequality and new material on recent proposals for a wealth tax
- Updated and completely revised section on trust decanting, with attention to the latest statutory and case law developments
- Updated
and completely revised section on asset protection trusts, with
attention to key choice-of-law and fraudulent transfer principles
Professors and students will benefit from:
- Unique blend of wit, erudition, insight, and playfulness retained from the late Jesse Dukeminier
- Organization that covers all the key topics in a logical and clear format
- Interesting cases that are not only fun to read, but fun to teach
- Cases
enhanced and connected to broader legal principles by well-written
connective text, notes, questions, problems, and sidebars
- Arresting two-color design
- Cartoons, illustrations, wills and other case documents, and photographs that provide visual commentary and teaching aids
