by Jesse Dukeminier and Robert H. Sitkoff
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Retaining the late Jesse Dukeminier s blend of wit, erudition, and playfulness, the Tenth Edition uses cartoons, illustrations, case documents, and photographs to provide visual commentary that augments the wide-ranging cases and other readings. Sidebars on relevant but unique persons, places, and events provide thought-provoking and fascinating context. This casebook is not only fun to read, but fun for professors to teach.
A thorough Teacher's Manual with a comprehensive transition guide provides a complete teaching summary of all materials in the book. Updated PowerPoint slides with a refreshed design provide structure for classroom organization.
New to the Tenth Edition:
- All new section on electronic or digital wills and the emerging case law that has begun to accept them
- All new section on trust decanting, now recognized in 25 states, with attention to the breadth of statutory and case law treatments of decanting
- Reworked coverage of same-sex marriage in light of Obergefell v. Hodges and refreshed treatment of inheritance rights for cohabiting unmarried partners
- Updated and expanded coverage of wealth and income inequality
- Refreshed treatment, with updated case law, on undue influence
- Attention to new case law and statutory developments in will execution and reformation of wills for mistake
- Revised and clarified coverage of revocable trusts and other nonprobate transfers and the difficult relationship of state wealth transfer law with federal pension law
- Updated treatment of trust fiduciary law, including new case law and statutory developments on directed trusts, waiver of fiduciary duties, and trust investment law
- Revised treatment of creditor rights to beneficial interests in trust, with attention to choice-of-law rules and growing statutory recognition of self-settled asset protection trusts
Retaining the late Jesse Dukeminier s blend of wit, erudition, and playfulness, the Tenth Edition uses cartoons, illustrations, case documents, and photographs to provide visual commentary that augments the wide-ranging cases and other readings. Sidebars on relevant but unique persons, places, and events provide thought-provoking and fascinating context. This casebook is not only fun to read, but fun for professors to teach.
A thorough Teacher's Manual with a comprehensive transition guide provides a complete teaching summary of all materials in the book. Updated PowerPoint slides with a refreshed design provide structure for classroom organization.
New to the Tenth Edition:
- All new section on electronic or digital wills and the emerging case law that has begun to accept them
- All new section on trust decanting, now recognized in 25 states, with attention to the breadth of statutory and case law treatments of decanting
- Reworked coverage of same-sex marriage in light of Obergefell v. Hodges and refreshed treatment of inheritance rights for cohabiting unmarried partners
- Updated and expanded coverage of wealth and income inequality
- Refreshed treatment, with updated case law, on undue influence
- Attention to new case law and statutory developments in will execution and reformation of wills for mistake
- Revised and clarified coverage of revocable trusts and other nonprobate transfers and the difficult relationship of state wealth transfer law with federal pension law
- Updated treatment of trust fiduciary law, including new case law and statutory developments on directed trusts, waiver of fiduciary duties, and trust investment law
- Revised treatment of creditor rights to beneficial interests in trust, with attention to choice-of-law rules and growing statutory recognition of self-settled asset protection trusts
Retaining the late Jesse Dukeminier s blend of wit, erudition, and playfulness, the Tenth Edition uses cartoons, illustrations, case documents, and photographs to provide visual commentary that augments the wide-ranging cases and other readings. Sidebars on relevant but unique persons, places, and events provide thought-provoking and fascinating context. This casebook is not only fun to read, but fun for professors to teach.
A thorough Teacher's Manual with a comprehensive transition guide provides a complete teaching summary of all materials in the book. Updated PowerPoint slides with a refreshed design provide structure for classroom organization.
New to the Tenth Edition:
- All new section on electronic or digital wills and the emerging case law that has begun to accept them
- All new section on trust decanting, now recognized in 25 states, with attention to the breadth of statutory and case law treatments of decanting
- Reworked coverage of same-sex marriage in light of Obergefell v. Hodges and refreshed treatment of inheritance rights for cohabiting unmarried partners
- Updated and expanded coverage of wealth and income inequality
- Refreshed treatment, with updated case law, on undue influence
- Attention to new case law and statutory developments in will execution and reformation of wills for mistake
- Revised and clarified coverage of revocable trusts and other nonprobate transfers and the difficult relationship of state wealth transfer law with federal pension law
- Updated treatment of trust fiduciary law, including new case law and statutory developments on directed trusts, waiver of fiduciary duties, and trust investment law
- Revised treatment of creditor rights to beneficial interests in trust, with attention to choice-of-law rules and growing statutory recognition of self-settled asset protection trusts