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L'héritage au xixe siècle en France. Loi, intérêt de sentiment et intérêts économiques

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  • Philippe Steiner

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The French egalitarian law of bequests is a social device for distributing wealth from one generation to the other. The law of bequest is the result of a political debate within the Conseil d?État in which political considerations (the new democratic social state) are of considerable importance. However, the law of bequests takes into account the affective (within the family) and the economic dimensions. Grounded on historical material related to the 19th Century, this paper examines what are these political, affective and economical dimensions and how they are inter related in the French context. Code JEL : A13, B12, Z13

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  • Philippe Steiner, 2008. "L'héritage au xixe siècle en France. Loi, intérêt de sentiment et intérêts économiques," Revue économique, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 59(1), pages 75-97.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:recosp:reco_591_0075
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    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • B12 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Classical (includes Adam Smith)
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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