Patriarchs and Partners in Spousal Bequests in Ireland in 1951 and 2000
The Life Interest as a Dying Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20386387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa Whitaker (University College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-117 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0791-6035 • E-ISSN: 2050-5280 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/079160350701600106 |
| OpenAlex | W2579682062 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
The gendered nature of property ownership, succession and inheritance has always been a concern for feminists. In Ireland, the 1965 Succession Act effectively abolished gender as an issue in property ownership when it curbed testamentary freedom and granted a spouse a legal right to a proportion of his/her spouse's estate. This article compares spousal bequeathing practices in Irish society in 1951 and 2000 through a small sample of qualitatively analysed probated wills. The findings suggest that patriarchy has declined in transmissions between spouses and that there is an increasing tendency for marriage to be based on democratic principles and confluent love rather than on the prerogatives of property consolidation (Giddens 1992)
Estate · Irish · Patriarchy · Political science · Sociology · Spouse · Testamentary trust · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
A matter of record
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The Transformation of Intimacy
The Line of Descent in the Intergenerational Transmission of Domestic Property
Partners in Production? Women, Farm and Family in Ireland
Family and Community in Ireland
Testamentary freedom, patriarchy and inheritance of the family farm in Australia
Peasant Marriage in Ireland
The Economic Development of Ireland in the Twentieth Century
Traditional Families? From Culturally Prescribed to Negotiated Roles in Farm Families
The Tory Islanders
Arensberg and Kimball revisited
The Stem Family in Ireland
The Stem Family in Ireland
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |