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The Law of Succession in South Africa, 2nd Edition

The Law of Succession in South Africa, 2nd Edition

Author: Juanita Jamneck; Christa Rautenbach; Mohammed Paleker; Anton van der Linde; Michael Wood-Bodley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199045426
Published In: October 2012
Format: Paperback , 336 pages
Jurisdiction: South Africa ? Disclaimer:
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The author team is highly respected.
The text comprehensively addresses both common law and customary law principles of succession, providing an integrated overview of the field.
The text is distinctive as being clear, accessible and appropriate for LLB students. It offers an appropriately rigorous introduction to the subject, whilst supporting understanding and academic development.
The text is skills focused and features a pedagogical approach which assists students to engage with the subject interactively and to build independent reasoning skills.
A complementary test bank and PowerPoint slide presentation is available to lecturers in order to support and enrich teaching and learning, encourage research skills and support conceptualization.
Problem-solving has been addressed in depth as a skills-based application, with illustrative examples in the Legally Thinking features.

The book introduces students to the general principles of the law of succession in South Africa, integrating the common law, statutory law, constitutional perspectives, and the related customary law principles. It addresses the Civil Union Act 17 of 2006, and the Reform of Customary Law of Succession and Regulation of Related Matters Act 11 of 2009 and other legal developments.

Readership: Undergraduate law students (LLB) studying the module on the law of succession.

1: Introduction
2: Intestate succession
3: Testate succession: general rules
4: Testamentary capacity
5: Formalities for a will
6: Revocation and revival of wills
7: Capacity to inherit
8: Freedom of testation
9: Content of wills: absolute bequests, conditions, the modus and estate massing
10: Content of wills: substitution, usufruct and accrual
11: Content of wills: trusts
12: Collation
13: Interpretation of wills
14: Succession by contract
15: Reform of Customary Law of Succession and Regulation of Related Matters Act 11 of 2009 (RCLSA)
16: Administration of estates

Edited by Juanita Jamneck, Translator, Professor in the Department of Private Law, University of South Africa, Edited by Christa Rautenbach, Professor, Faculty of Law, Edited by Mohammed Paleker, Senior Lecturer, Department of Private Law, University of Cape Town, Edited by Anton van der Linde, Professor, Department of Private Law, University of Pretoria, and Edited by Michael Wood-Bodley, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law

Juanita Jamneck (ed) and translator, Professor in the Department of Private Law at the University of South Africa, South African. Christa Rautenbach (ed) Professor in the Faculty of Law at North West University, South African. Mohammed Paleker, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Private Law at the University of Cape Town, South African. Anton van der Linde), Professor in the Department of Private Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Michael Wood-Bodley), Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.