Abstract

This article closes a gap in the theory of trust law by supplying a normative account of the use of trusts to avoid and subvert legal norms outside trust law. While the use of trusts to subvert other law has been a major function thereof since the Middle Ages, theorists of trust law have largely steered clear of this function. We evaluate the commonly proffered justifications for the use of trusts to subvert the law, finding that such justifications are not plausible in liberal legal systems, so that the subversive use of trusts should be curtailed. Common law legal systems attempt to curtail this use by anti-subversive norms, but these attempts are far from completely successful. To the extent existing anti-subversive norms cannot be perfected so as to prevent the subversive use of trusts, an approach restricting the available types of trusts may be preferable.

中文翻译：

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利用信托颠覆法律：分析与批判

摘要

本文通过提供关于使用信托来避免和颠覆信托法之外的法律规范的规范说明，弥补了信托法理论的空白。虽然自中世纪以来，使用信托来颠覆其他法律一直是其主要功能，但信托法理论家在很大程度上避开了这一功能。我们评估了普遍提供的使用信托颠覆法律的理由，发现这种理由在自由主义法律体系中是不合理的，因此应该限制对信托​​的颠覆性使用。英美法系试图通过反颠覆规范来限制这种使用，但这些尝试远非完全成功。在现有的反颠覆规范无法完善以防止信托的颠覆性使用的情况下，