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LAWS5202: Advanced Trusts
2025 unit information
This unit offers a detailed study of the content and role of the law of trusts in the management of assets. It examines conceptual analyses of the function served by trust law doctrine (including asset-partitioning, contractarianism and the irreducible core of trusts), as well as considering in depth the core doctrines that regulate the operation of intentionally created trust arrangements (such as trust accounting, the mechanisms for controlling trust powers, information rights, arbitration clauses, purpose trusts and enforcers). It also addresses some of the commercial uses to which trusts are put and the utility (or otherwise) of trusts in those settings. The focus is on traditional ('on-shore') jurisdictions, such as Australia and England, but consideration will also be given to the regimes in some of the 'off-shore' jurisdictions which are known for their innovation in trust laws.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Law School
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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LAWS5015 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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LAWS3502 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Students will develop an understanding of conceptual analyses of the functions served by trust law doctrine, particularly asset-partitioning, contractarianism, and the irreducible core of trusts, and will be able to critique aspects of trust law doctrine using these conceptual analyses.
- LO2. Students will develop a detailed understanding of the core doctrines that regulate the operation of intentionally created trusts.
- LO3. Students will develop an understanding of some of the commercial uses to which trusts are put, and be able to assess the utility of trusts being deployed in those settings.
- LO4. Students will develop knowledge of some of the innovations in trust law doctrine, particularly in "off-shore" jurisdictions.
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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