Thesis (LLM (Rsrch) -- Bond University, 2008. / "This thesis is submitted to Bond University in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Laws by Research"-- t.p. Bibliography: leaves v-viii. Also available via the World Wide Web.

This thesis attempts to identify the philosophy, key questions and priorities behind the trust laws of Jersey and Malta. By wide accord, the Jersey law has served as a model in many ways to its later Maltese counterpart. This affinity is placed against the similar background of either jurisdiction, which embraced, to varying degrees, both the Civil Law tradition and Common Law influence. The analysis is advanced through the different moments of the trust, from its creation to termination. Nevertheless, the underpinning focus and thrust is on the civilian identity of either trust. It considers whether, and how far, the fundamental Civil Law concepts and language play a defining role in their civilian configuration. The question is asked whether the creation of the trust and the duties of a trustee can possibly be classified as obligational or contractual, or maybe something else. The nature and character of the beneficiary’s rights are also reviewed. The overarching role of good faith and civil responsibility, along with their extent of interaction with traditional Equity fiduciary duties, are weighed, an assessment naturally following from the civilian flavour attributed to the trusts. The conceptual overlapping between the Roman-Civil law fiducia, and related figures such as the mandat prêt-nom, with the Equity fiduciary duties, is assessed. The role, even if subsidiary, of civilian unjustified enrichment, remains an ever-present relevant factor. Sham trusts and simulatio, the Pauline fraud and legitim are considered in the context of the civilian identity of these trusts. The discussion then engages with the other strand of the thesis, being the role of the governing law, as the ‘mind’ behind the trust legislations assessed. The discussion engages with the question whether the trusts fall on the side of respect for the ‘autonomie de la volonté des parties’ or on other policy determinants behind the law.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Münster, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

En dépit de leurs histoire et géographie distinctes, les systèmes juridiques romano-germanique et de common law ont longtemps influencé et continuent encore d’influencer, au Cameroun, le développement de la procédure pénale en général et des droits de la défense en particulier.D’une influence distincte et imposée dès la colonisation, avec pour caractéristiques principales, en matière pénale, l’existence de deux codes de procédures pénales et une disparité des droits de la personne poursuivie en fonction de la partie du territoire camerounais (ex-Cameroun oriental/ ex-Cameroun occidental), le législateur est parvenu en 2005, sur la base d’une influence commune et voulue des systèmes juridiques romano-germanique et de common law, à construire une procédure et un système de défense pénale uniques, caractérisés par un accroissement des droits de la défense.Produits des compromis et vecteurs du creuset d’influences réciproques des différents systèmes de droit romano-germanique et de common law, les droits de la défense au Cameroun, de la phase préparatoire à la phase décisoire du procès pénal, ont été construits autour des lignes de partage variables, qui traduisent plus une volonté de métissage du droit que l’hégémonie d’un seul système. / Despite their separate history and geography, civil and common law legal systems have long influenced and continue to influence, in Cameroon, the development of criminal procedure in general and the rights of the defence in particular.From a separate and imposed influence since colonization, with main characteristics, in criminal matters, the existence of two criminal procedure codes and a disparity of defense rights depending on the part of the Cameroon territory (eastern Cameroon / western Cameroon), the legislator in 2005, on the basis of a common and desired influence of civil and common law legal systems, succeeded to build a common procedure and criminal defence system, characterized by an increasing of the rights of defence.Products of compromises and vectors of crucible reciprocal influences of civil and common law legal systems, the rights of the defence in Cameroon, from the pre-trial phase to the trial phase of the criminal trial, were built around variable dividing lines, reflecting more a willingness to miscegenation than the hegemony of a single law system.