On Fitting Trusts into Civil Law Jurisdictions by Tony Honoré

This new unpublished paper discusses the highly topical issue of whether and on what lines the law of trusts might be introduced into the law of the People’s Republic of China. The author attempts to sketch the constitutional, conceptual and politico-economic background, before turning to the obstacles to the reception of trust law in civil law jurisdictions generally and in the People’s Republic of China in particular.

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