THE INHERITANCE RIGHTS OFTHE SURVIVING SPOUSE.

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT RESEARCH IS TO ANALYSE THE WAY IN WHICH THE LAW REGULATES THE SURVIVING SPOUSE'S RIGHT OF SUCCESSION FOLLOWING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE NEW CIVIL CODE. ATTENTION WILL ALSO BE PAID TO THE SITUATION IN WHICH THE SPOUSES HAVE OPTED FOR THE CLASSIC LEGAL FRAMEWORK, AS WELL AS TO THE SITUATION IN WHICH THE SPOUSES HAVE OPTED FOR A MATRIMONIAL REGIME OTHER THAN THE LEGAL ONE, I.E. THAT OF CONVENTIONAL COMMUNITY OR THAT SUBJECT TO SEPARATION OF PROPERTY, BEFORE THE DEATH OF ONE OF THEM. THE BASIC IDEA OF THE RESEARCH IS THAT THE INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF THE SURVIVING SPOUSE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC FEATURES IN COMPARISON WITH THE RULES OF PREVIOUS LEGISLATION REFLECTED IN LAW NO 319/1944. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]