Yver, Égalité entre Héritiers (1966)

Author(s): Jean Louis Émile Joseph Yver (1901-1988)

Title: Égalité entre Héritiers et Exclusion des Enfants Dotés: essai de géographie coutumière

Remarks:

The title of this work describes its contents: a discussion of the geographical specificity of the equal treatment of heirs and the exclusion from inheritance of children already provided for. It is probably Jean Yver's finest work. Yver achieved his doctorate in laws in 1926 for the thesis that became his Contrats dans le très ancien droit Normand (q.v.). After a brief period teaching at the University of Lille, Yver moved to Caen University on the migration of Génestal to the University of Paris, in 1927, succeeding Génestal as professor at Caen in 1931. Yver was made an Officier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1959, a Commandeur des Palmes académiques in 1963, and a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 1974. He taught many Guernsey students at Caen, in which city he was born and died. Edition(s) (this copy in bold): 1966 Provenance of this copy: St John Robilliard Collection

Further reading:

Review by Pierre Duparc, Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes, 124 (1966), 607-610.