Re-Imagining the Trust: Trusts in Civil Law

ISBN-13: 9781107011328 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 292 str.

Lionel Smith

Opis

This collection of essays by experts in the field explores the place of the trust in the modern civil law.

Spis treści

Introduction Lionel Smith; 1. Reflections regarding the diversity of ways in which the trust has been received or adapted in civil law countries Madeleine Cantin Cumyn; 2. Recognition of common law trusts in civil law jurisdictions under the Hague Trusts Convention with particular regard to the Italian experience Michele Graziadei; 3. Express trusts in Israel/Palestine: a pluralist trusts regime and its history Adam Hofri-Winogradow; 4. Truth and reconciliation: notions of property in Louisiana's civil and trust codes Michael McAuley; 5. Trust laws in China: history, ambiguity, and beneficiaries' rights Lusina Ho; 6. The French Fiducie or the chaotic awakening of a sleeping beauty François Barrière; 7. The re-imagined trust Lionel Smith.