Harllee & Bald, P.A.: a law firm handling civil litigation statewide. (Legal Profile: Advertising Feature).
As one of just a few law firms in Sarasota and Manatee counties focusing solely on litigation, Harllee & Bald, PA. routinely handles varied and complicated civil cases statewide from pretrial preparation and negotiations through the trial. The four trial attorneys who form this trial firm of Harllee &...

Death and the Early Modern Englishwoman.
Lucinda M. Becker. Death and the Early Modern Englishwoman. Aldershot, England and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2003. x + 226 pp. index. illus. bibl. $79.95. ISBN: 0-7546-3349-7. Lucinda Becker's Death and the Early Modern Englishwoman explores women's experience of death and the way in...

A Woman's Kingdom: Noblewomen and the Control of Property in Russia, 1700-1861.
A Woman's Kingdom: Noblewomen and the Control of Property in Russia, 1700-1861. By Michelle Lamarche Marrese (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2002. xiv plus 276 pp. $42.50). Michelle Marrese has written the definitive study of one of the most intriguing paradoxes in Russian history. In the...

Venezianische Vermachtnisse: Die soziale und wirtschaftliche Situation von Frauen im Spiegel spdtmittelalterlicher Testamente. (Reviews).
Linda Guzzetti, Venezianische Vermachtnisse: Die soziale und wirtschafthiche Situation von Frauen im Spiegel spdtmittelalterlicher Testamente (Ergebnisse der Frauenforschung, Bd. 50.) Stuttgart and Weimar: Verlag J. B. Metzler, 1998. 356 pp. DM 78. ISBN: 3-476-01624-2. Linda Guzzetti's study of Venetian women is a valuable late-medievalist addition...

Planned giving.
Many advocacy groups have similar stories to tell: * Throughout her life, a supporter with a moderate income was able to give no more than $25 at a time to her favorite vegetarian organization. However, in her will, she left her house in the New York City...

Effective Planning for Your Child with Special Needs.
(Part 1 in a Series of Articles) Planning for the future of your child with special needs requires a very different approach than general estate planning. While many of the objectives are the same and encompass many of the same planning principles, many of the objectives are...

Bequest boosts police, fire depts.
Byline: George Barnes ATHOL - Selectmen in Athol want to know more after they were surprised to learn that a couple they had never heard of left $400,000 to benefit the Athol and Orange police and fire departments. The bequest, from the George L. Bassett...

DEATH AND THE TRANSFER OF WEALTH: BEQUEST PATTERNS AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
Central European laws of succession have their origins in ancient German times when decedents had only bodily heirs--their own children--and nullum testamentum. [1] By the middle of the eighteenth century, however, wills had long been a well-established element of the legal system. [2] During this period, the rules that...

With the best will in the world you can make a difference to Australia's future.
People like Don and Janet Bailey care passionately about this country. They want to see Australia's natural heritage protected and conserved for future generations. With this in mind, the Baileys have decided to include ACF in their Wills. IN OUR LIFETIME we have all witnessed environmental triumphs...

Old Age in Late Medieval England.
Joel T. Rosenthal, Old Age in Late Medieval England (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996) xv + 260 pp. ISBN 0-8122-3355-7. No price given. This volume begins from the admirable desire to put some detailed flesh on the bones of a subject too often discussed mainly...