Research on the Chinese Property Inheritance Legal System

Author: Liu Yue
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: In the more than 20 years since the reform and opening-up, China's socio-economic conditions and the property status of its citizens have undergone significant changes. The inheritance legal system formulated in the early stages of the reform and opening-up has been constrained by its historical conditions and economic background, making it difficult to adjust the increasingly complex and changing property inheritance relationships. This book starts from the origin, characteristics, and status of the property inheritance legal system, analyzes the defects and shortcomings in China's current property inheritance legal system. From aspects such as legal culture, legal norms, and traditional customs, it conducts a specific, systematic, and in-depth study of statutory inheritance, testate inheritance, heirs and creditors, and inheritance. It proposes legislative recommendations such as adjusting the inheritance order of statutory heirs, improving the statutory forms of wills, strengthening the protection mechanisms for the rights and interests of heirs and creditors, establishing inheritance management systems, and implementing inheritance tax systems.