uniform trust code - Kansas Judicial Branch

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The exemption of the trust property from the personal obligations of the trustee is the most
significant feature of Anglo-American trust law by comparison with the devices available in civil
law countries. A principal objective of the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and
on their Recognition is to protect the Anglo-American trust with respect to transactions in civil law
countries. See Hague Convention art. 11. See also Henry Hansmann & Ugo Mattei, The Functions
of Trust Law: A Comparative Legal and Economic Analysis, 73 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 434 (1998); John
H. Langbein, The Secret Life of the Trust: The Trust as an Instrument of Commerce, 107 Yale L.J.
165, 179-80 (1997).
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