The analysis of the implementation of inheritance law in selected EU countries

Galyna Lutska; Oleksandra Karmaza; Daria Koucherets; Vitalii Makhinchuk; Sergii Koroied

doi:10.34069/AI/2022.49.01.16

Galyna Lutska Higher Education Institution "King Danylo University", Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5840-0603
Oleksandra Karmaza Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4895-5220
Daria Koucherets University of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7935-1038
Vitalii Makhinchuk National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4360-0287
Sergii Koroied Higher Education Institution "King Danylo University", Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7899-957X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.49.01.16

Keywords: heir, inheritance, testament, testator, will.

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze the peculiarities of the inheritance procedure of individual European countries. The subject of the study is the implementation of inheritance law in Spain, Germany and Austria. The research methodology includes the use of general scientific and special methods of scientific cognition: dialectical, historical and legal, formal and logical, method of hermeneutics, generalization, comparison, etc. Research results. The procedures for implementation of the right to inheritance in Spain, Germany and Austria are considered. The forms and features of making wills in these countries are studied. The cases of acceptance and rejection of inheritance are analyzed. The right of minors to make a will is covered.. The practical implication lies in the possibility of applying international norms in the legislation of Ukraine. Value / originality. The Authors’ proposals on the implementation of European experience in the inheritance legislation of Ukraine are given.

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Author Biographies

Galyna Lutska, Higher Education Institution "King Danylo University", Ukraine.

Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of Law of Higher Education Institution "King Danylo University", Ukraine.

Oleksandra Karmaza, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Daria Koucherets, University of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization, Ukraine.

Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Professor, Rector of University of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization, Ukraine.

Vitalii Makhinchuk, National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute for Research of the F.G. Burchak Scientific-Research Institute of Private Law and Business of National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Sergii Koroied, Higher Education Institution "King Danylo University", Ukraine.

Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Professor. Professor at the Department of Law of Higher Education Institution "King Danylo University", Ukraine.

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