Postmortal succession on the example of Polish law in a comparative perspective

Between inheritance law and nonprobate transfers

By (author) Wojciech Bańczyk

Book cover: Postmortal succession on the example of Polish law in a comparative perspective

Extent: 199 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Law, Slavic Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(February 2024)

ISBN: 9783847116028

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $57.00

In stock

This book presents numerous instruments which create postmortal succession on the example of Polish law. Alongside the solution in inheritance law, one may apply specific inheritance (e.g. of agricultural farms) that benefits only such heirs who meet additional requirements, as well as undertake legal acts that allow to decide on heritability (or non-heritability) character of rights and duties (e.g. within the contract of mandate or company contracts). There are also numerous legislative instruments that allow for succession otherwise than by inheritance so that particular persons (and not heirs) benefit after the decedent. Such instruments include regulations of civil law but also e.g. banking law, social insurance law which are often comparable with nonprobate instruments (or will-substitutes) under American law or German Sonderrechtsnachfolge.


This book presents numerous instruments which create postmortal succession under Polish law. Next to inheritance law solution, one may apply specific inheritance (e.g. of agricultural farms) that benefits only such heirs who meet additional requirements, as well as undertake legal acts that allow to decide on heritability (or non-heritability) character of rights and duties (e.g. within the contract of mandate or company contracts). Also, there are numerous legislative instruments that allow for succession otherwise than by inheritance so that particular persons (and not heirs) benefit after the decedent. They include regulations of civil law but also e.g. banking law, social insurance law which are often comparable with nonprobate instruments (or will-substitutes) under American law or German Sonderrechtsnachfolge.

  • By (author) Wojciech BaÅ„czyk