Commercial Trusts in European Private Law

This book examines the law governing asset management in a wide range of commercial contexts across 15 jurisdictions of the European Union. The study includes the basic features of the available legal institutions (for example, whether they provide bankruptcy protection or allow free choice of governing law) and specialized applications in particular fields (such as pensions and collective investment schemes). Produced with a team of over 20 contributors, it is the latest volume to appear from the Trent-based project The Common Core of European Private Law.The volume begins with a study of the history of comparative law scholarship in the field of trusts, situating the current work in the field and addressing the thorny issue of terminology. The comparative data are structured, according to the Common Core methodology, around hypothetical questions and responses from national reporters. The authors present comparative conclusions regarding the reports and a discussion of the issues raised for further study. The volume also includes an essay by Donovan Waters QC on the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition