From the donatio mortis causa of Roman law to the codifications of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the self-commitment of the testator is still a challenge for legal systems in continental Europe, particularly because the testator is bound by legal transactions, whether dead or alive. Fabian Laurent Schirmer investigates parallels in the private autonomy of German and French inheritance law and finds some remarkable similarities.
From the donatio mortis causa of Roman law to the codifications of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the self-commitment of the testator is still a challenge for legal systems in continental Europe, particularly because the testator is bound by legal transactions, whether dead or alive. Fabian Laurent Schirmer investigates parallels in the private autonomy of German and French inheritance law and finds some remarkable similarities.
Fabian Laurent Schirmer
Geboren 1987; Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Philipps-Universität Marburg und der Université de Poitiers; seit 2014 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Philipps-Universität Marburg; seit 2016 Rechtsreferendar am Landgericht Marburg; 2018 Promotion in Marburg.
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