Asia-Pacific Trusts Law, Volume 2

Ying Khai Liew is Professor at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia. Ying-Chieh Wu is Associate Professor at Seoul National University, South Korea.

1. Introduction: Adaptation in Context
Ying Khai Liew and Ying-Chieh Wu

PART I
FAMILIAL ADAPTATION
2. Resulting and Constructive Trusts in the Contemporary Singaporean Family Context
Man Yip
3. Marrying English Trusts Law with Chinese Customary Law? Historical Evolution and Modern Anomalies of the Tso/Tong in Hong Kong
Rebecca Lee

PART II
RELIGIOUS ADAPTATION
4. Religious Endowments and Trusts Law in Colonial India
TT Arvind
5. Adaptation of the Law of Trusts to Regulate Administration of Places of Religious Worship in Sri Lanka
Anton Cooray
6. Innovations within Malaysian Trusts Law: Labuan’s Trusts Law and the Hibah Trust
Hang Wu Tang

PART III
COMMERCIAL ADAPTATION
7. Trust in a Trustless World: Crypto-Asset Custodians, Trusts and Trust Regulations in Taiwan
Yueh-Ping (Alex) Yang
8. Adaptation in a Civil Law and Sharia Context: Trusts and Foundations in the Gulf Region
David Russell QC
9. Adaptation of Offshore Trusts in the South Pacific: Tension between Commercial and Social Needs
Katy Barnett

PART IV
STATUTORY ADAPTATION
10. Trusts and Statutes in the Australian Federation
Matthew Harding
11. Trustee Duties in Thailand’s Statutory Trusts
Adam Reekie and Surutchada Reekie
12. Pakistan’s New Trusts Acts 2020: Adaptation to Regulatory Overkill
Muhammad Zubair Abbasi
13. The Trusts Law Legislation Project in New Zealand
Jessica Palmer
14. Adaptation Throughout History: The Journey of the Israeli Trust from a Charitable Trust to an Estate Planning Instrument
Meytal Liberman
15. Application of Cambodia’s New Trust Law from a Practitioner’s View
Matthew Rendall and Soromnear Sin

PART V
DOCTRINAL ADAPTATION
16. Trusts in South Korea: Towards an Independent Fund Mechanism
Ying-Chieh Wu
17. Accessory Liability and Tracing: Modern Adaptations of Japanese Trusts Law
Masayuki Tamaruya
18. Intention in the Creation of Chinese Inter Vivos Express Trusts
Hui Jing

PART VI
CROSS-BORDER ADAPTATION
19. Trusts Choice of Law Rules in Asia-Pacific: Adapting to the Future
Ying Khai Liew