1-22 Ⅰ.Introduction 3
1 A.Nature and Common Applications of the Trust Device 3
2-6 B.Definitions 5
7-16 C.Historical Development 8
17-22 D.The Statute of Uses and the Modern Law of Trust 20
23-68 Ⅱ.Requisites for the Creation of a Trust 24
23-32 A.Methods of Creation 24
33 B.The Trust Property 28
34-38 C.The Trustee and His Interest 29
39-43 D.Beneficiaries of Family Settlement Trusts 31
44-53 E.Trusts for Business and Security Purposes 37
54-58 F.Private “Purpose” Trusts 42
59-68 G.Trusts for Charity 46
69-76 Ⅲ.Changes in the Terms of Trusts and Transfer of Beneficial Interests 52
69-71 A.Modification and Termination of Trusts 52
72-76 B.Transfer of Beneficial Interests 55
77-100 Ⅳ.Trust Administration 60
77-80 A.Duties of the Trustee 60
81-88 B.Powers of the Trustee 66
89-90 C.Investment of Trust Funds 71
91-94 D.Claims Among the Trustee and the Beneficiaries 73
95-100 E.Claims By and Against Third Persons 77
101-141 Ⅴ.The Trust and Its Counterparts Outside the Common Law 84
101-110 A.The Reception of the Trust in Civil Law Jurisdictions 84
111-123 B.Civil Law Jurisdictions Which Have Received the Trust 93
124-131 C.Trust Counterparts in Civil Law Jurisdictions Which Have Not Received the Trust 104
132-141 D.The Islamic Wakf 108
List of Principal Works 116
List of Statutory Sources 119
Detailed Table of Contents 120