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The Widow’s Statute in Vietnamese Customary Law

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Family Law and Customary Law in Asia

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Until recently, the men in Vietnam were granted the right to freely administer and dispose of family property. Moreover, if the wife predeceased her husband, he became the sole and absolute owner of the estate.1

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Buxbaum, D.C. (1968). The Widow’s Statute in Vietnamese Customary Law. In: Buxbaum, D.C. (eds) Family Law and Customary Law in Asia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6216-8_13

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