<p>An achievement of the first rank … I found this book to be a fascinating one. It is not only informative but also thought provoking … it was a veritable Herculean effort on the part of the editors to gather together so many authors from so many diverse jurisdictions. The result is a resource that is probably the first of its kind and which will be not only fascinating to academic scholars but will also guide legal practitioners as well.</p>
- Andrew Phang, Justice of the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Singapore, Malayan Law Journal
[T]his book will be gratefully received by academics and practitioners working on cross-border trust issues. Overall, this book is a valuable contribution to the comparative law literature on trusts law in the Asia-Pacific and it certainly fills a lacuna … [An] excellent, high quality and ambitious first volume of a new book series. All serious trusts scholars and practitioners who are interested in how the trust works in the Asia-Pacific should have this volume on their bookshelves.
- Hang Wu Tang, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Asia Pacific Law Review
There is a wealth of useful material here that practitioners will benefit from reading. Overall, this book deserves top marks.
- Michael Olesnicky, Trust Quarterly Review
1. Introduction
Ying Khai Liew, University of Melbourne, Australia and Matthew Harding, University of Melbourne, Australia
PART I
2. Mere and Other Discretionary Objects in Australia
Jessica Hudson, University of New South Wales, Australia
3. A Lament for Trust Principles in New Zealand
Jessica Palmer, University of Otago, New Zealand
4. Trusts in Hong Kong: Historical Application and Current Practice
Lusina Ho, University of Hong Kong, China and Rebecca Lee, University of Hong Kong, China
5. Constructive Trusts and Limitation Periods in Malaysia
Ying Khai Liew, University of Melbourne, Australia
6. Victoria Meets Confucius in Singapore: Implied Trusts of Residential Property
Kelvin FK Low, National University of Singapore
PART II
7. The Transplantation of Trusts Law in India
Stelios Tofaris, University of Cambridge, UK
8. Constructive Trusts under Muslim Family Law in Pakistan: Protecting Women’s Rights to Matrimonial Property
Muhammad Zubair Abbasi, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
9. The Law of Trusts in Bangladesh: Theory and Practice
Omar H Khan, Legal Counsel, Bangladesh
10. Implied Trusts in Sri Lanka as a Creature of Legislation: The Way Forward
Anton Cooray, City University of London, UK
11. Philippine Trusts: Legal and Practical Considerations
Hector M de Leon Jr, University of the Philippines
PART III
12. The Transformation of Japanese Trusts Law and Practice: Historical Contexts and Future Challenges
Masayuki Tamaruya, University of Tokyo, Japan
13. Debtor Rehabilitation and the Asset-Partitioning Effect of Security Trusts: The Korean Supreme Court’s Position Revisited
Ying-Chieh Wu, Seoul National University, South Korea
14. Taiwan’s Trusts Law and Name-Borrowing Arrangements
Wen-Yeu (Wallace) Wang, National Taiwan University and Yueh-Ping (Alex) Yang, National Taiwan University
15. The Legal Nature of the Chinese Charitable Trust
Hui Jing, City University of Hong Kong, China
PART IV
16. The Surviving Legacy of English Trusts Law and Trusts in Thailand
Surutchada Reekie, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and Adam Reekie, Thammasat University, Thailand
17. Arrangements Resembling Trusts under Indonesian Land Law
Eddy M Leks, Leks & Co, Indonesia
18. Property Management Relationships and ‘Trusts’ in Vietnam
Nguyen Hung Quang, NH Quang & Associates, Vietnam and Nguyen Thuy Duong, NH Quang & Associates, Vietnam
PART V
19. Offshore Trusts in the South Pacific: How Far can the Concept of the Trust be Stretched before it Breaks?
Katy Barnett, University of Melbourne, Australia
20. Identifying an Asia-Pacific Private International Law of Trusts
Richard Garnett, University of Melbourne, Australia