jwb@csse.monash.edu.au wrote:
> Apud Kevin Gowen <kgowen@nogmailspam.com> (fj.life.in-japan) hoc legimus:
>> jwb@csse.monash.edu.au wrote:
>>> Curiously I was just reading a short story by 宮本輝 which
>>> involved a handwritten unwitnessed will. Seems it'd be honoured.
> 
>> I used holographs simply as an example of ways wills can be valid in one
>> jurisdiction but not another. I wasn't talking about whether holographs
>> are kosher under Japanese law.
> 
>> My guess is that the short story was fictional, though.
> 
> Most short stories are   8-)}

That was my point. Your example made me think of friends who have told
me "fun fats" only to reveal that they learned them from movies.

>>>> Another wrinkle is that Australia is an Anglo-American common law
>>>> system, while Japan is a quasi-civil law system. For example, there is
>>>> no equivalent to the 公証人 in Australia.
>>> Thank goodness. (I see Prodi is trying to get rid of them in
>>> Italy, and striking heavy weather.)
> 
>> Hmm. I became a fan of the civil law notary once I learned about it. I
>> plan to take the notary exam here once I'm eligible to sit for it. (five
>> years of practice in Florida)
> 
> Well, in the case of Italy it's not so much a matter of getting rid of 
> them as reducing their role to what is necessary and appropriate. At
> present even the sale of second-hand motor bikes needs to be notarized.

Mercy me.

- Kevin

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