Open AccessBusiness Applications of the Express Trust
Author(s) -
Robert Flannigan
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
alberta law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8356
pISSN - 0002-4821
DOI - 10.29173/alr1491
Subject(s) - autonomy , business , express trust , law and economics , public relations , management , law , sociology , political science , economics
The trust is an important, often unappreciated. business instrument. Several of the various commercial applications of the trust are reviewed in the first part of this article. The author then focuses on some of the considerations involved in employing the trust as an alternative form of business organization. Special attention is given to requirement of trustee autonomy and the office of "protector."