LAW7090 Trusts and Estates

This course examines the gratuitous, post-mortem transfer of wealth, including the substantive law of wills and trusts. Covered topics include intestate succession; wills, including formalities of execution, revocation and revival incorporation by reference and related doctrines; problems of construction and interpretation, including class gifts, rule against perpetuities; non-probate transfer, including inter vivos and causa mortis gifts; probate and administration of estates; trusts; their nature, creation, modification termination; express, resulting and constructive trusts; honorary trusts. Prerequisite: Property