title: Will and the legal reserve of inheritance in Korean law
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Kim, Sanghoon
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-02-07T17:21:45Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-02-07T17:21:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Kim, Sanghoon. 2022. Will and the legal reserve of inheritance in Korean law. Pravovedenie 66 (3): 301–314. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2022.305
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2022.305
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/39036
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Part V of the Korean Civil Code regulates legal relations in respect of inheritance. Of the three
  chapters that comprise Part V, the first Chapter stipulates general provisions, thereby governing
  inheritance in the absence of a will. The second Chapter lays down the legal norms
  regarding wills, whereas the last of the chapters is dedicated to the ‘legal reserve of inheritance’,
  the reserved portion in the inherited property of the deceased person. From a comparative
  law perspective the legal reserve of inheritance is far from an institution unique to
  Korea. On the contrary, most jurisdictions have legislation that addresses issues of disinheritance
  in some form or other. The trait that is relatively characteristic of Korean law is that it
  chooses to strongly protect the right of the legal reserve of inheritance, which in turn results
  in limiting the freedom of testation. This was a conscious decision made by the legislator
  in the late 1970s, some 17 years after the Civil Code was enacted and entered into force,
  when Korean lawmakers inserted a new Chapter on the legal reserve of inheritance into Part V
  (Inheritance) in an effort to reflect traditional family values that placed special emphasis on
  family ties. This objective of this paper is to offer an overview of wills and the legal reserve of
  inheritance in Korean inheritance law. Looking at how the inheritee voluntarily (by means of a
  will) and involuntarily (by means of the legal reserve of inheritance) disposes of his/her assets
  after passing away, will hopefully help shed light on some characteristics of Korean inheritance
  law.
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 66; Issue 3
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: inheritance
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: will
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: freedom of testation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: legal reserve of inheritance
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Korean Civil Code
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Will and the legal reserve of inheritance in Korean law
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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