LAW 402Civil Law VIII: Inheritance, Will, and Donation

This course examines the following topics in the various Lebanese religious groups recognized by the Constitution: • Inheritance: Opening of a succession, maturity of a succession, degrees (ranks) of heirs, capacity to inherit, regulations of absent, forms of a succession such as intestate succession, estate in escheat, succession bestowed by will, succession accepted with beneficio in ventarii, disposal of an estate, executor administrator, and settlement of a succession; • Will: Reading of a will, testamentary capacity, disposable portion, legatee, forms such as authentic will, holograph will, nuncupative will, and joint venture will, and executor of a will; and • Donation: Validity, animus donandi, promise of donation, forms such as donation mortis causa, specific legs, general legacy, concealed donation, donation through an intermediary, manual donation, and donation partition, and defeasance of donation. Prerequisites: LAW 203, LAW 301. Language of Instruction: Arabic (legal terms, however, are also given in English and French).