Thesis (PhD (Public Affairs))-University of Pretoria, 2005. / Abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

No abstract available / Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Centre for Human Rights / unrestricted

Trusts with special regard to their foundation and administration Abstract The purpose of my thesis is to analyse foundation and administration of trusts in the Czech Civile Code with respect to the main theoretical issues such as essencialia, naturatia and accidentalia negotii of the primary foundation legal document with is called "statut". I also concentrate on the status of beneficiary, but mainly on the rights and duties of the administrator of the trust. The reason for my research is to develop a system concerning the elementary questions relating to the legal life of the trust, to tackle main theoretical problems and to distinguish between significant phases of its existence and its admninistration. The thesis is composed of three chapters, Chapter Two being most detailed. Chapter one which is subdivided into three parts is dealing with preliminary questions such as the concept of trust and its history and international variation of similar institutes such as fiducie, treuhand and common law trust. Chapter One is introductory and defines the concept of trust: it is quasi legal subject made of structure of rights and duties towards autonomous assets and of rights and duties concerning its administration in largo sensum. Chapter Two examines relevant Czech legislation involving trusts, primarily the...