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An Economic Analysis For The Legal System Of Trust

Posted on:2010-08-08Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:W L ShiFull Text:PDF
GTID:1116360272499101Subject:Law and Economics
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"Trust" means "being entrusted by somebody to finance",originating from "the trust of an orphan under will" in Eygpt.With the emergence of private ownership of property,trust arose as a system for property shift and management in Britain,which was later transplanted and established in America,Japan,Korea and etc.As the trust system has many distinct characteristics in economic life and trust property has the flexibility of seperating legal ownership from equity ownership,the notion of trust is gradually expanding,widely used in the field of market economy and becoming an indispensable part in financial market.Its application includes family property, common property management,personal and charity foundation,pension fund, collective investment and common fund in financial field and important internationally developed construction projects,covering every field of economic activity.Trust,banking,insurance and securities are thought to be four pillars for modern finance.Although trust system has been put to use in China since the beginning of 20th century,it has not become a formal system,as there has never been legislation for trust system.With the change in the distribution pattern of national income,the deepening of enterprises' system reform,the establishment of comprehensive social security system and other changes in external environment,trust as an independent industry has a strong demand for development.At the same time,the market is in urgent need of legislation to solve problems in trust business.As a result,the draft of Trust Law was started in 1993 and took 8 years.On Oct 1st,2001,Trust Law of the People's Republic of China was unveiled and enforced.The enforcement of Trust Law symbolises the establishement of modern trust system in China,which not only provides system gurantee and legal support,but also a vast area for the application of trust system.However,under the circumstances that the notion of trust is not popularized in large scale in China,a rash introduction and acceptance of trust system is a big challenge.There are many differences between Trust Law in China and trust legal systems in advanced countries on both legislation and rules of basic trust theories and roles played on trust market.Furthermore,the legislation of Trust Law was carried out in the background of rectifying chaotic Trust and Investment Companies and it left some blank spaces,uncertain and imperfect points in the intial stage.Therefore,the trust legal system in China is subject to further improvement.With basic concepts and theories in Marxist economics,system economics and mainstream legal economics as analytical tools,the thesis makes a systematic economic analysis on trust and trust legal system,factors of trust system,costs and efficiency of trust legal system,aiming to explore economic logics behind these phenomena,and find out trust legal systems which do not match the economics theories.Based on Chinese realties,the author makes an empirical analysis on present legislation situation and issues of trust legal system in China proposes modifications which match both economic logic and international practices.In the introduction,we firstly analyzed the background,theoretical worth and practical significance of our thesis.Then we discussed the theoretical foundation and research method.Furthermore,we investigated the status of the trust in domestic and international research.Finally we introduced the innovations in our paper.In Chapterâ… we mainly discussed the origin and function of the trust system.We firstly reviewed the origin and changes of the trust system,then introduced of the definition of trust in "trust law",analyzed the constituent elements and types of trust, investigated the transferability of the property and application flexibility,finally, discussed the value orientation of the trust system in other countries and in China.In Chapterâ…¡we discussed the principles and functions of the trust legal system. Principles of "Trust Law" of China mainly include:the separation principle of ownership and interests,the independence principle of the trust property,the publicity principle of the trust,the legitimacy principle of the trust,the limited liability principle,and the principle of the protection of beneficiaries.The functions of the trust legal system are discussed in Sectionâ…¡of this chapter.In Chapterâ…¢we mainly carried out the economic analysis of the trust contract, the trust property and the trustees of the trust system.In the first section of this chapter,we introduced the concept and the characteristics of the trust contract,then discussed that the contract of trust can provide liquidity support and reduce the transaction costs by the contract economics analysis.In Sectionâ…¡of this chapter,we carried out the economic analysis of the trust property.Firstly we gave the definition of the trust property,then analyzed the legal characteristics of the trust property, finally gave the value analysis of the independence of the trust property.In Sectionâ…¢ of this chapter,we gave the economic analysis of the trust system.We firstly defined the qualifications of the trustees and analyzed the relationship between the trustee and other trust parties,secondly,discussed the rights and obligations of the trustee,finally, gave the economics analysis of rights and obligations of the Trustee.In the basic analytical framework of the principal-agent model,an incentive model of the trustee is established and the corresponding improved design is made,which provided an important basis for the reasonable contract of the payment and incentive systems of the trustee.In Chapterâ…£,we made the empirical analysis of the changes of Chinese legal system and its efficiency.In Sectionâ… ,we recalled the five times clean-up and rectified movements of the trust industry from the implementation of reform and opening-up policy to the promulgation of "Trust Law" in China.We then analyzed the significance of the promulgation of "Trust Law" in China:it is benefit for building trust market norms,for protecting the interests of investors,for widely application of the property management functions,for the business innovation of trustee,for the development of our trust investment corporation.In Sectionâ…¡,we mainly investigated the pertinence between the trust legal system and the economic growth in China.After the calculation of the GDP growth contributed by the trust system development,we found that the promulgation of "Trust Law" promoted the trust industry,however, contributed little to the GDP growth,which shows that it has not played its due role.In Chapterâ…¤,we analyzed the defects of our trust legal system and gave corresponding suggestions for improvement.We firstly analyzed the legal defects of our trust legal system and "property rights entrusted to" in the "Trust Law" of China, then proposed the corresponding suggestions.Secondly,we analyzed deficiencies of the trustee system,and put forward the idea of improving the trustee system.Finally, we proposed a few policy suggestions for the establishment of the public notice system of the trust property.
Keywords/Search Tags:Trust, Legal System, Economic Analysis
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