Langbeschreibung
Analyses inheritance patterns in modern America. This book shows that inheritance serves to perpetuate both familial wealth and familial relations. It also examines what leads decedents to chose particular legal instruments (wills, trusts, insurance policies, gifts inter vivos).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1: Introduction: The Thought and Action of Charles de Gaulle; 2: De Gaulle's Idea of France; 3: "The Man of Character" as "Born Protector": Magnanimity, Justice, and Moderation in de Gaulle's The Edge of the Sword; 4: De Gaulle's "Mission" and the Legitimacy of Free France; 5: Democracy, Greatness, and Civilization: De Gaulle and a "Certain Conception of Man"; 6: De Gaulle's Constitutional Correction: Executive Power and the Theory and Practice of Modern Republicanism; 7: The Unity of Europe and the Greatnes's of France: De Gaulle's Vision of a Europe of Nations