Introduction and objectives / Christopher Castelein
Perspective 1 legal anthropology / Marie-Claire Foblets
Perspective 2 legal history a history of the law of succession, in particular in the Southern Netherlands/Belgium / Dirk Heirbaut
Perspective 3 sociology of law / Anton C. Zijderveld
Perspective 4 law and economics the post-mortem homo economicus: what does he tell us? / Boudewijn Bouckaert
Perspective 5 comparative law - the Netherlands / Martin Jan A. van Mourik
Perspective 5 comparative law - United Kingdom / Paul Matthews
Perspective 5 comparative law - Belgium / Helene Casman
Perspective 5 comparative law - Germany compulsory portion and solidarity between generations in German law / Walter Pintens, Steven Seyns
Perspective 5 comparative law - France reserve hereditaire, ordre public et autonomie de la volonte en droit francais des successions / Frederique Ferrand
Conclusions - towards an open and flexible imperative inheritance law / Rene Foque, Alain Verbeke.