Testate Succession” in the French and Lithuanian Legal Systems (Terminological Peculiarities)

Abstract

The area of family law has suffered crucial changes throughout the centuries. Nowadays, during the times of globalization, these changes are directed towards the internationalization of legal systems of the world. Juridical differences are becoming irrelevant - socio-cultural, socio-economic and political developments of one country influence other countries. The comparative study of these developments is becoming a foundation for future harmonization of the world law. The given paper presents a precise study of the French (capitalistic) and Lithuanian (“almost” capitalistic) “testate successions”. It singles out major terminological units and underlines the most prominent peculiarities of the capitalistic and “almost” capitalistic mechanisms of the modes of inheritance.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2014.v3n3p218