Právněhistorické studie / Legal History Studies (Charles University journal; below referred to as PHS or Journal) is a scientific journal listed in the international prestigious database SCOPUS. The journal is published by Charles University in Prague under the guarantee of the Department of Legal History of the Faculty of Law of Charles University. It is published by the Karolinum Press. The journal focuses on the field of legal history and related topics.
Issue 1 of the Journal was published by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Publishing in June 1955. The Journal was initially published by the Cabinet of Legal History of the Czechoslovak Academy of Science (CSAV), later by the Institute of State and Law (CSAV) and then by the Institute of Legal History of the Faculty of Law of Charles University.
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PRÁVNĚHISTORICKÉ STUDIE, Vol 46 No 1 (2016), 5–15
Vybrané aspekty dědického práva u Chetitů
[Selected Aspects of the Law of Succession in the Hittite Empire]
Michaela Knollová
published online: 18. 11. 2016
abstract
This article shows some aspects of the law of succession in the Hittite empire. With regard to only fragmentary information from the extant sources, we are focused on three sub-areas. The first part of the article is about the inheritance of a dowry of a deceased married woman when for choice of heirs is important primary the existence or non-existence of descendants of a testator and secondary on the type of marriage in which the testator lived. The second part covers when the son is disinherited by his mother and the extent and nature of this institute. The third, most extensive content section, examines levirate marriage. Levirate marriage is analyzed not only in the Hittite law but also in the subsequent continuation in Hebrew law and later Jewish law from the beginning to the present. Finally, the author thinks about the rule of succession, especially in the context of the nature of Hittite society, not omitting the rules of succession to the Hittite throne.
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