TY - BOOK ID - 78141275 TI - Dead Hands : A Social History of Wills, Trusts, and Inheritance Law PY - 2020 SN - 0804771081 9780804771085 9780804760362 9780804762090 0804760365 0804762090 PB - Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Inheritance and succession KW - Bequests KW - Descent and distribution KW - Descents KW - Hereditary succession KW - Intestacy KW - Intestate succession KW - Law of succession KW - Succession, Intestate KW - Real property KW - Universal succession KW - Trusts and trustees KW - History. KW - Social aspects KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78141275 AB - The law of succession rests on a single brute fact: you can't take it with you. The stock of wealth that turns over as people die is staggeringly large. In the United States alone, some ER -