From Waqf, ancestor worship to the rise of the global trust: A history of the use of the trust as a vehicle for wealth transfer in Singapore

This Article focuses on the migration of English trust law to Singapore and its past and present uses in relation to wealth transfer through the ages. In Singapore, trust law arrived together with the corpus of English law. Unlike criminal law, which was influenced by Indian codes promulgated by the...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-47532018-12-17T07:04:27Z From Waqf, ancestor worship to the rise of the global trust: A history of the use of the trust as a vehicle for wealth transfer in Singapore TANG, Hang Wu This Article focuses on the migration of English trust law to Singapore and its past and present uses in relation to wealth transfer through the ages. In Singapore, trust law arrived together with the corpus of English law. Unlike criminal law, which was influenced by Indian codes promulgated by the English in British India, trust law was received into Singapore directly from England. 2018-07-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2795 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4753/viewcontent/ILR_103_5_Tang.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Asian Studies Estates and Trusts
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TANG, Hang Wu
From Waqf, ancestor worship to the rise of the global trust: A history of the use of the trust as a vehicle for wealth transfer in Singapore
description This Article focuses on the migration of English trust law to Singapore and its past and present uses in relation to wealth transfer through the ages. In Singapore, trust law arrived together with the corpus of English law. Unlike criminal law, which was influenced by Indian codes promulgated by the English in British India, trust law was received into Singapore directly from England.
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title From Waqf, ancestor worship to the rise of the global trust: A history of the use of the trust as a vehicle for wealth transfer in Singapore
title_short From Waqf, ancestor worship to the rise of the global trust: A history of the use of the trust as a vehicle for wealth transfer in Singapore
title_full From Waqf, ancestor worship to the rise of the global trust: A history of the use of the trust as a vehicle for wealth transfer in Singapore
title_fullStr From Waqf, ancestor worship to the rise of the global trust: A history of the use of the trust as a vehicle for wealth transfer in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed From Waqf, ancestor worship to the rise of the global trust: A history of the use of the trust as a vehicle for wealth transfer in Singapore
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2018
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2795
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