Legal Problems of Inheritance by Will

In the diploma work considered legal problems of inheritance by will in the context of innovations of succession law& In the first chapter considered common features of will and its history. In the second chapter considered types of will. The author argues that notaries must be given more legal authority to find out legal capacity of the testator at the time of writing the will, mandatory presence of two witnesses during the writing of the will in the emergencies must be excluded, officials referred in the article 1127 of the Russian civil Code must be given authority to authenticate closed wills. It is considered that legal implementations of conditional polls is purposeful. In the second chapter considered the characteristics of the innovations of succession law. The author welcomed the implementations of inheritance funds in the Russian domestic law but there are legal gaps. What about constructions of inheritance contract and joint will of spouses in the draft legal act, these institutes must improved and reconsidered.