Wealth Transfer Law in Comparative and International Perspective: An Introduction

• Author: Thomas P. Gallanis & Sheldon F. Kurtz
• Position: Associate Dean for Research and Allan D. Vestal Chair in Law, University of Iowa/David H. Vernon Professor of Law, University of Iowa
• Pages: 101-102

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Wealth Transfer Law in Comparative and

International Perspective:

An Introduction

Thomas P. Gallanis* & Sheldon F. Kurtz**

The articles in this issue of the Iowa Law Review are the polished products

of a symposium on “Wealth Transfer Law in Comparative and International

Perspective” held at The University of Iowa College of Law on September 8,

2017.

The symposium had four objectives: (1) to bring together prominent and

up-and-coming scholars for the discussion of important issues in wealth

transfer law from a comparative and international perspective; (2) to spur

leading-edge research on wealth transfer law, looking beyond the borders of

any one jurisdiction; (3) to encourage U.S. professors of trusts and estates to

incorporate comparative and international perspectives into their scholarship

and teaching; and (4) to promote collaborations and exchanges between U.S.

and non-U.S. scholars.

The symposium consisted of three panels. The first panel, on

“Comparative and International Perspectives on Succession,” featured papers

by Professors Naomi Cahn of George Washington University, David Horton

of the University of California at Davis, Jeffrey Schoenblum of Vanderbilt

University, E. Gary Spitko of Santa Clara University, and Mariusz Zalucki of

AFM Krakow University and the University of Rzeszów. The second panel, on

“Comparative and International Perspectives on Trusts and Other Will

Substitutes,” featured papers by co-authors Professors Richard Kaplan of the

University of Illinois and Adam Hofri-Winogradow of the Hebrew University

of Jerusalem, Paul Miller of the University of Notre Dame, S.I. Strong of the

University of Missouri, Jamie Glister currently of the University of Sydney and

soon moving to the University of Cambridge, and Jaume Tarabal of the

University of Barcelona. The third panel, on “Comparative and International

Perspectives from Asia,” featured papers by Professors Yun-Chien Chang of

the Academia Sinica in Taipei, James Fisher of the University of Tokyo,

Rebecca Lee of the University of Hong Kong, Masayuki Tamaruya of Rikkyo

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Associate Dean for Research and Allan D. Vestal Chair in Law, University of Iowa.

** David H. Vernon Professor of Law, University of Iowa.