A Research Agenda for Succession Law

Author: Brian Sloan
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035327577
Published In: April 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.

In this highly informative book leading international scholars consider the potential avenues for future research on succession law. They examine the response of researchers to societal developments such as ageing populations, technological developments and changing family forms.

The extent to which succession law serves its most important functions, from testamentary freedom to the provision of clarity, is a core question for this book. Against that backdrop the authors explore key topics that are expected to occupy scholars, including electronic wills, disinheritance, intestate succession, aboriginal inheritance and modern funerals. Using a diverse range of research methods, contributors consider how research in succession law will evolve in the changing economic and social world order.

A Research Agenda for Succession Law is a valuable resource for scholars of succession, property and family law. It will also be beneficial for policymakers, practitioners and judges working in succession law.

Preface ix

Introduction to A Research Agenda for Succession Law 1

Brian Sloan

What should succession law do? The challenges and opportunities of law reform 13

Nick Hopkins

Safeguarding legal capacity in the context of electronic wills: a comparative law approach 33

Rosie Harding KC (Hon), Tina Cockburn, Bridget J Crawford,

Margaret Hall, and Kelly Purser

From paper to code: smart wills and smarter inheritance? 55

Farhana Hamid Butt

What is the place of will formalities in the future? 77

Prue Vines and Nicola Peart