Commercial Trusts in European Private Law

Professor of Comparative Private Law, Facolta di giurisprudenza, Universita del Piemonte orientale. Professore Ordinario di Diritto Civile, Universita di Torino; Alfred and Hanna Fromm Professor of International and Comparative Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law. James McGill Professor of Law, Faculty of Law and Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University.

Sixth book in The Common Core of European Private Law series, examining trusts law.

General editors' preface; Preface; Contributors to the volume; Contributors to the case studies; List of Abbreviations; Select bibliographies for jurisdictions represented; Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. Commercial Trusts in European Private Law: the Interest and Scope of the Enquiry; 2. A short note on terminology; 3. The Hague Trust Convention twenty years on; Part II. The Case Studies: Section 1. General Part: 4. Case 1: Creation and termination of the management relationship; powers of the manager; 5. Case 2: Investment duties; 6. Case 3: Conflict of interest; 7. Case 4: Basic insolvency situation; 8. Case 5: Insolvency of investment manager; 9. Case 6: Tracing; 10. Case 7: Choice of law; Section 2. Special Part: 11. Case 8: Pension funds; 12. Case 9: Collective investment schemes; 13. Case 10: Multiple debenture holders; 14. Case 11: Securitisation; Part III. Conclusions: 15. Some difficulties; 16. Comparative remarks on the general part; 17. Comparative remarks on the special part; 18. What's next?; Index.