Wills, Trusts, and Estates, Eighth Edition |  | Authors: Jesse Dukeminier, Robert H. Sitkoff, James Lindgren
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
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Edition: 8
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ISBN: 0735579962
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Publication Date: August 6, 2009
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Retaining the late Jesse Dukeminier's signature blend of wit, erudition, insight, and playfulness, Wills, Trusts, and Estates, now in its Eighth Edition, continues to offer interesting cases, well written notes, and a logical organization. A stellar example of a great casebook, Wills, Trusts, and Estates features: Eminently clear presentation of topics; Comprehensive substantive coverage; Inspired case selection; Engaging notes, questions, and problems that connect and highlight legal themes and principles; Humorous and illustrative cartoons, art, photographs, and other images; With many new and revised notes, questions, and problems, the carefully updated Eighth Edition explores: New developments in law reform by the ALI and NCCUSL, such as: The 2008 Amendments to the Uniform Probate Code, including validation of notarized wills, reformation of wills for mistake, and a reworking of the spousal share; The Uniform Power of Attorney Act; Further progress in the Restatement (Third) of Trusts and Restatement (Third) of Property; Ongoing developments in the law, in such areas as: Inheritance rights for same-sex partners; The posthumous right of publicity; The power of an agent to alter an incompetent principal's estate plan; Liberalized rules of trust modification and termination, and of trustee removal; Standing for donors in suits against the trustees of charitable trusts; Perpetual trusts and self-settled asset protection trusts; Increasingly important topics such as: The movement to cure will execution defects and reform mistakes in wills; Fiduciary administration and trust investment law; Will contests, particularly the law of capacity and insane delusion. Co-authors Robert Sitkoff and James Lindgren took great care to preserve the voice and spirit of Jesse Dukeminier, while fulfilling the trust and expectation among users for timely and relevant coverage, cases, and note material.
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 One of the best textbooks I have used for law school December 4, 2009
Elizabeth Ann Fischer Laurie (Saint Louis, MO)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great textbook. It nicely balances foundational materials with the cases. The layout of the book makes for an easy outline. The rules are clear and thoroughly laid out in each section - I barely needed the supplements I bought.
I looked at someone's outline based on the last version of the text and there were a lot of cases that were missing and UPC sections that were incorrect. I did not compare books side by side but my prof. focused a lot on the things that have recently changed so the old version of the text would not have been that helpful for our class.
 Unnecessary update September 25, 2009
Eric Ledger (Monterey)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is a good book, but the update is not needed. My friend next to me in class has the seventh edition of this text and comparing the eighth edition to the previous it is obvious that the publisher is just going after more money. So few pages have been updated, so few cases have been added, they could have easily issued a paperback supplement to the seventh edition and saved students money. Putting my objections to how the textbook industry operates aside, this book is a decent read. The authors do a good job of explaining the law and the cases are edited fairly well. I'm in my third year of law school and have had several different texts by now. I would place this one on the better end. The text itself - 7 of 10. Was it a necessary update - 0 of 10.
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