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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple scholarly and library catalogs (including local catalogs, Open Library, and Internet Archive) yielded no records of an English translation for Johannes Sastrow's 1580 work 'De testamentis et de his, qui testamenta facere non possunt'. Given the specialized nature of this legal thesis, it is highly probable that no English translation exists.
Verified Mar 30, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, openalex · methodology
Johannes Sastrow’s 1580 legal thesis strips away the mystery surrounding inheritance laws. He asks who truly has the right to decide their own legacy and why society grants this power to some while denying it to others.