How should German civil law deal with a will written by a Muslim testator which follows the traditional sharia law of inheritance? Andrea Issad's study examines the scope of testation and its limits under German law, contributing both to current discussions on the treatment of Islam and Muslims in Germany as well as personal autonomy in cases of death and the balance of freedom and equality in private law generally.
How should German civil law deal with a will written by a Muslim testator which follows the traditional sharia law of inheritance? Andrea Issad's study examines the scope of testation and its limits under German law, contributing both to current discussions on the treatment of Islam and Muslims in Germany as well as personal autonomy in cases of death and the balance of freedom and equality in private law generally.
Andrea Issad
Geboren 1978; Studium der Rechtswissenschaften in Erlangen und Dublin, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Bürgerliches Recht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; seit 2006 im Bayerischen Notariatsdienst.
Testierfreiheit Sittenwidrigkeit Islam in Deutschland Gleichbehandlung im Privatrecht § 138 BGB Diskriminierung im Privatrecht