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A person may hold property for a variety of purposes. The most common situation is that he wants to use and enjoy it for his own benefit. But he may also have agreed to administer the property either for the benefit of someone else or to further some particular purpose. Thus, in a broad and untechnical sense of the word, he may hold it "in trust". This kind of arrangement has been resorted to for many different reasons, both legitimate and illegitimate. From very early on, European legal systems have been faced with the need to establish rules and, eventually, institutions to deal with the resulting legal problems. $aFiducia, fideicommissum, Treuhand,$z foundation, executorship and, of course, the trust: they all provided, at some time or other and in some place or other, the legal framework that was required.The present volume attempts to present a comparative historical analysis of these devices. It seeks to trace the paths of the idea of "holding for others" or of holding property in a fiduciary capacity: $aitinera fiduciae.$z And it comes to the conclusion that historical connections can be drawn between the English trust and the Continental legal tradition. The common features
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- Author
- Helmholz, Richard (editor);Zimmermann, Reinhard (editor)
- Publisher
- Duncker & Humblot GmbH
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783428496143
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Law, Humanities
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