1. What is succession law?
2. Comparative succession law
3. The relationships of succession: the family
4. The boundaries of the law of succession
5. Death, bodies and succession
6. Where there is no will - intestacy
7. The testator's mind
8. The formal process
9. Dispensing with the formalities
10. The testator's changing mind: revocation and alteration of wills
11. Establishing the text: mistake and rectification in the Probate Court
12. Establishing the meaning
13. When gifts fail: technical rules
14. When gifts fail: equitable doctrines
15. Public policy and succession
16. Family provision
17. The representatives
18. The Administration process.