{"product_id":"inherited-wealth-jens-beckert-9780691134512","title":"Inherited Wealth","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow to regulate the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next has been hotly debated among politicians, legal scholars, sociologists, economists, and philosophers for centuries. Bequeathing wealth is a vital ingredient of family solidarity. But does the reproduction of social inequality through inheritance square with the principle of equal opportunity? Does democracy suffer when family wealth becomes political power? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first in-depth, comparative study of the development of inheritance law in the United States, France, and Germany, \u003ci\u003eInherited Wealth\u003c\/i\u003e investigates longstanding political and intellectual debates over inheritance laws and explains why these laws still differ so greatly among these countries. Using a sociological perspective, Jens Beckert sheds light on the four most controversial issues in inheritance law during the past two centuries: the freedom to dispose of one's property as one wishes, the rights of family members to the wealth bequeathed, the dissolution of entails (which restrict inheritance to specific classes of heirs), and estate taxation. Beckert shows that while the United States, France, and Germany have all long defended inheritance rights based on the notion of individual property rights, they have justified limitations on inheritance rights in profoundly different ways, reflecting culturally specific ways of understanding the problems of inherited wealth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jens Beckert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691134510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691134512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.19w x 0.95d","brand":"Jens Beckert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925611643135,"sku":"9780691134512","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4f7fe985-86a6-4388-805c-e9682fab5f2e.jpg?v=1681078301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inherited-wealth-jens-beckert-9780691134512","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}