Papers Of The International Academy Of Estate And Trust Law - 2000

This volume discusses four main topics: arbitration and alternative dispute resolution; transnational issues in testamentary matters; the responsibility of tax advisers, concentrating on the development of a unified code of conduct; and developments in offshore trusts. The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law is a body that comprises leading estate and trusts lawyers from civilian and common law jurisdictions around the globe.

Its membership - all experts in trusts, estate and inheritance law, and/or tax law - includes solicitors, barristers, notaires, judges, and law professors. The group's proceedings manifest a comparative approach, offering perspectives on issues of direct and immediate concern for both civil and common law jurisdictions.

This volume records the May 2000 week-long conference in Berlin, which focused on four main topics: arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, in which the estate meets the family ; transnational issues in testamentary matters, especially in light of the Hague Convention on Succession to Deceased Estates ; responsibility of tax advisers, the discussion of which concentrates on the development of a unified code of conduct; and developments in offshore trusts, in which the very nature of the interest of the beneficiary under a trust is being redefined and tested once again.