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Explication Théorique Et Pratique Du Code Napoléon (French Edition) - Softcover

Victor Marcadé

 
9780371649947: Explication Théorique Et Pratique Du Code Napoléon (French Edition)

Synopsis

Explication Théorique Et Pratique Du Code Napoléon — Victor Marcadé. This work provides a rigorous theoretical and practical analysis of the Napoleonic Code’s provisions on successions, with emphasis on the reserve (la réserve héréditaire) and the disposable portion. It explains how the reserve is computed for descendants (including by representation), how adoption extends hereditary rights, and how the status of natural (unlegitimate) children is treated. The text covers absents and representation, ascendants and collaterals, and the rules governing when descendants or ascendants take priority. The volume details reductions of dispositions that exceed the disposable share, who may demand them, and how reduction interacts with usufructs, life annuities, and the concept of préciput. It also addresses minors’ capacity, the treatment of prédécès and renonciation, and the practical methodology for calculations, with appendices illustrating various scenarios. Finally, it engages with doctrinal disputes and jurisprudence to defend a coherent interpretation of the reserve and its impact on family estates, gifts, and successions for judges and practitioners.

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