继承权法律保护的六个疑难问题探析

继承权对于继承人无疑具有特定的利益,也具有法律上之力,因此其权利的性质毋庸置疑。继承权的概念在结构上是完整的、统一的,只存在既得权意义上的继承权,不存在继承期待权。继承权在性质上不是权利能力,也不是财产权或者人身权,而是概括的取得权。继承自被继承人死亡时开始,而不是自继承人取得遗产时开始。继承权可以被侵害,因而具有可侵性。继承权侵害的主要保护方法是继承回复之诉而不是侵权之诉,二者存在着根本性区别。

An Analysis of Legal Protection of Inheritance

Different from capacity to inherit,to the heir,inheritance means a specific interest protected by law,and is one kind of civil rights.In the nature,inheritance is a kind of vested rights and no expected inheritance exists.The concept of inheritance in structure is complete and unified.Inheritance may be violated and the injured person can initiate a hereditatis petitio action when someone violates his inheritance.A tort action is different from an action of hereditatis petitio and they cannot replace each other.