title: Order of statutory inheritance in the Polish legal system
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Wojcieszak, Agnieszka
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-06-28T19:09:03Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-06-28T19:09:03Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Wojcieszak, Agnieszka. 2021. Order of statutory inheritance in the Polish legal system. Pravovedenie 65 (2): 221–235.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2021.206
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/36999
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the order of statutory inheritance in the Polish
  legal system. Undoubtedly, the issue of inheritance has always aroused interest among representatives
  of legal scholarship and executors of the law. Death is an integral element of every person’s
  life. For this reason, it seems justified to consider the issue of the grounds for inheritance,
  especially given that Polish legal provisions provide for two grounds for inheritance — by will and
  by law. The introduction of the article outlines the main provisions that manifest the principle of
  “universal succession” in Polish inheritance law. Next, the doctrinal grounds of statutory inheritance
  in Polish civil law are considered. Statutory inheritance, comprehensively regulated by the
  Civil Code of Poland, is based on the so-called “concept of the implied will of the testator”, the
  justification of which is the assertion of justice in society. It is believed that heirs by law are both
  the most suitable heirs from the point of view of morality of a given society, and the most suitable
  heirs from the point of view of the alleged will of the testator. Thus, a group of persons entitled
  to inheritance is established. However, such an approach is more logically explained by the socalled
  “theory of debt” and “theory of social interest” than by the “concept of the implied will of the
  testator”. The purpose of this article is to present the prerequisites for calling for inheritance, as
  well as a way to determine the group of subjects entitled to inheritance by law, indicating the size
  of the shares to which heirs are entitled. The author separately examines the grounds and procedure
  for calling spouses, children and other descendant testators, as well as his parents and other
  ascenders, as well as brothers and sisters and some other categories of heirs to inheritance. The
  issue of inheritance by a local community or State Treasury is considered separately. The article
  concludes with a summary in which the author evaluates the current legislative decisions.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 65; Issue 2
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: statutory inheritance
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: law of inheritance
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: heir
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: testator
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: succession
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Order of statutory inheritance in the Polish legal system
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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