Abstract:One of the most debated issues that European lawyers are tackling is the enforcement of fundamental rights in private law. Nonetheless, the intersection between inheritance law and fundamental rights is still neglected, due to the misleading idea of the static nature of the former. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether in Europe a nexus exists between the evolutionary patterns of inheritance law and fundamental rights. The article ascertains if and how the rules aimed at identifying the heirs have be… Show more
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