Voluntas, istituzione di erede e diseredazione

The contribution analyses some fragments in which the formulation of the institution of an heir or of disinheritance includes judgments of the testator pertaining to the moral sphere or to the conduct of the son instituted as heir or disinherited.
Marcian and Ulpian discuss the value of such provisions, taking into account their formal correctness, but implicitly inserting into the legal reasoning also collateral evaluations of a broader tenor.