In place for over two thousand years in China since the Qin Dynasty as a customary means of transmission of family property from generation to generation, family division is sometimes called ＂the institution of equal...In place for over two thousand years in China since the Qin Dynasty as a customary means of transmission of family property from generation to generation, family division is sometimes called ＂the institution of equal shares for all sons.＂ According to some surveys, customs such as designating an heir other than one＇s own child, child adoption, the admission of a son-in-law into the household and family division are still to be found in the Chinese rural society. The latter carries features quite different from those we find in Western succession law.展开更多
文摘In place for over two thousand years in China since the Qin Dynasty as a customary means of transmission of family property from generation to generation, family division is sometimes called ＂the institution of equal shares for all sons.＂ According to some surveys, customs such as designating an heir other than one＇s own child, child adoption, the admission of a son-in-law into the household and family division are still to be found in the Chinese rural society. The latter carries features quite different from those we find in Western succession law.
