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• Title:
  Reasons for the disinheritance of ascendants according to Emperor Justinian's 115 th Novel
• Creator:
  Kursa, Sławomir Patrycjusz
• Description:
  The reform of inheritance law proposed by Emperor Justinian in his 115th Novel from 542 AD extended on the issue of disinheritance of both, the descendants and ascendants, of the te[1]stator. Justinian believed that the general exheredationis motive in respect of ascendants was similar to that which provoked disinheritance of descendants, i.e. that the disinheritance of either was caused by their ingratitude to the testator. However, he also noticed that a harmful behaviour of ascendants towards descendants or their negligence to exercise a duty of care arising from officium pietatis might also be a sufficient reason for disinheritance. The catalogues of reasons for disinheritance of descendants and ascendants vary in size and range. Grounds on which the former could be disinherited are listed in the 115th Novel and cover 14 fair reasons for that. The catalogue of reasons for the disinheritance of the latter, which is subject of this paper, is presented in chapter four. It identifies only eight reasons that justify disinheritance of the ascendants. They are as follows: 1. if the ascendants have delivered their descendants up to death; 2. have attempted to deprive them of life; 3. where a father has had a sexual relation with his son's wife or concubine; 4. where the ascendants have prevented their children from disposing, by will, of property which they had a right to bequeath; 5. where one has attempted to kill the spouse; 6. if they have neglected to care for an insane descendant; 7. have failed to ransom their captured descendants; 8. where a descendant belonged to the orthodox faith and the parent or parents did not acknowledge its doctrines.;
  Entreprise en 542 par l'empereur Justinien dans la novelle 115 la réforme de la succession testamentaire portait sur la question d'exhérédation des descendants et des ascendants du testa[1]teur. Selon Justitnien le motif général de l' exhérédation (exheredationis) des ascendants et en même temps des descendants, consiste dans la manque de la reconnaissance pour le de cujus. Comme une cause suffisante d'exhéréder des ascendents, il envisagait aussi la manque du bon exemple de la part des ascendents à l'égard des descendents, qui se manifestait dans l'action ou dans l'ommission du bon soin en faveur du descendent exigé par l'officium pietatis. Les cata- logues des causes d'exhérédation des descendants et des ascendents se distinguent entre eux par leur dimension. Le premier se trouve dans le chapitre 3 de la novelle 115. Il énumére 14 causes justes d'exhérédation des descendents. Par contre le catalogue des causes d'exhéréda[1]tion des ascendents figure dans la chapitre 4 et il ne compte que 8 motifs justifiants l'exhéréda[1]tion des ascendants. Il s'agit des actes suivants : 1) la remise des descendants à la mort ; 2) la tentative d'assassiner du descendant ; 3) une liaison sexuelle du père avec l'épouse de son fil ou avec la concubine de ce dernier ; 4) la tentative d'annuler la composition du testament par les ascendants ; 5) la tentative de tuer son conjoint ; 6) la négligence du soin à l'égard des de[1]scendants touchés par une maladie mentale ; 7) l'omission du rachat de son descendant empri[1]sonné ; 8) contestation de la foi catholique par les descendants.;
  The reform of inheritance law proposed by Emperor Justinian in his 115th Novel from 542 AD extended on the issue of disinheritance of both, the descendants and ascendants, of the testator. Justinian believed that the general exheredationis motive in respect of ascendants was similar to that which provoked disinheritance of descendants, i.e. that the disinheritance of either was caused by their ingratitude to the testator. However, he also noticed that a harmful behaviour of ascendants towards descendants or their negligence to exercise a duty of care arising from officium pietatis might also be a sufficient reason for disinheritance. The catalogues of reasons for disinheritance of descendants and ascendants vary in size and range. Grounds on which the former could be disinherited are listed in the 115th Novel and cover 14 fair reasons for that. The catalogue of reasons for the disinheritance of the latter, which is subject of this paper, is presented in chapter four. It identifies only eight reasons that justify disinheritance of the ascendants. They are as follows: 1. if the ascendants have delivered their descendants up to death; 2. have attempted to deprive them of life; 3. where a father has had a sexual relation with his son's wife or concubine; 4. where the ascendants have prevented their children from disposing, by will, of property which they had a right to bequeath; 5. where one has attempted to kill the spouse; 6. if they have neglected to care for an insane descendant; 7. have failed to ransom their captured descendants; 8. where a descendant belonged to the orthodox faith and the parent or parents did not acknowledge its doctrines.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2009 Sławomir Patrycjusz Kursa;
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
• Date:
  2009.06.30
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne; Vol. 61 No. 1 (2009); 17-46;
  Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne; Tom 61 Nr 1 (2009); 17-46;
  2720-2186;
  0070-2471
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/cph/article/view/40501/33936
• Subject:
  wydziedziczenie;
  nowela 115 cesarza Justyniana;
  powody wydziedziczenia;
  disinheritance;
  Emperor Justinian's 115 th Novel;
  reasons for the disinheritance;
  Les causes d'exhérédation;
  la novelle 115 de l'empereur Justinien
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/cph/article/view/40501
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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