East Asian trusts at the crossroads

• Main Author: WU, Ying Chieh
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Trust; Contract; Property; Separate Patrimony; Manifestation of Intent; Ownership; Dos; Peculium; Asian Studies; Estates and Trusts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2528; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4486/viewcontent/SSRN_id2694581.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The purpose of this article is to scrutinize the legal structure of trusts in Japan, SouthKorea and Taiwan. The so-called infrastructure of the private law of these jurisdictions is rooted in theRoman-Germanic basis, which adopts dichotomous system in respect of that area of privatelaw dealing with...