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85 For basic principles, see Stark, Besitz, 1984, pp. 66–82; see also Siehr, Rechtsfragen, 2001 (Publications
of the ICE), pp. 134ff.
86 Haab/Simonius, Zürcher Kommentar, 1977, Article 714 Rz.. 62. See also Siehr, Rechtsfragen, 2001
(Publications of the ICE), p. 138; Tuor, Zivilgesetzbuch, 1940, pp. 419f.
87 Siehr, Rechtsfragen, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), pp. 138f.
88 On this point, see section 6.2 included herein.
89 «Anyone who, having exercised the due care expected of him under the circumstances, could not be
in good faith is not entitled to claim good faith.»
90 On this point, see the definition in Hurst-Wechsler, Herkunft, 2000, p. 69: «[…] good faith exists
when there can be no accusation of gross negligence in not knowing about a breach of the law. Good
faith does not exist if there is actual knowledge of the said breach, or if it is reasonable to expect such
actual knowledge to exist.»; see also Tuor/Schnyder/Schmidt., Zivilgesetzbuch, 1995, pp. 63ff.
91 Siehr, Rechtsfragen, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), pp. 135f. See also Haab/Simonius, Zürcher
Kommentar, 1977, Article 714 Rz. 52ff.
92 It follows from this, for example, that a discrepancy between the value of a cultural asset and the low
purchase price charged did not necessarily have to awaken the suspicions of the acquirer. This point
is made by Siehr, Rechtsfragen, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), p. 144.
93 For basic principles, BGE 122 III 4f. (Insurance Company X vs. A.M.). On the development of
judicial practice, see Siehr, Rechtsfragen, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), pp. 139ff. (with further
references).
94 In the Currie Agreement of 8 March 1945, Switzerland had pledged – even before the war’s end –
to adopt measures for the return of looted assets to their rightful owners. Rappard to Currie,
Charguéraud and Foot, 8 March 1945 (DDS vol. 15, no. 391, pp. 986ff.).
95 Vischer, Handel, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), pp. 19f. See also Meier-Hayoz/von der Crone,
Wertpapierrecht, 2000, especially § 2 Rz. 159ff./200ff.
96 On the instituional framework see Lussy/Bonhage/Horn, Wertpapiergeschäfte, 2001 (Publications
of the ICE), pp. 47f.; cf. also Vischer, Handel, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), p. 27. On selfregulation
from a present-day perspective, see Nobel, Finanzmarkrecht, 1997, especially § 1 Rz.
89ff.
97 Vischer, Handel, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), p. 27. On the background, see Lussy/Bonhage/
Horn, Wertpapiergeschäfte, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), pp. 185ff.
98 Vischer, Handel, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), pp. 27f.; cf. also Hunold, Effektenbörse, 1949,
pp. 121ff.
99 Lussy/Bonhage/Horn, Wertpapiergeschäfte, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), p. 220. See also Vischer,
Handel, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), p. 28.
100 For basic principles, see the decision of the Federal Supreme Court of 2 February 1954 in re Ammonn
v. Royal Dutch Co. (BGE 80 II 53). On this point, see the detailed discussion in Vischer, Handel,
2001 (Publications of the ICE), pp. 34ff.
101 For an overview, see Lussy/Bonhage/Horn, Wertpapiergeschäfte, 2001 (Publications of the ICE),
section 6.1.2.
102 Vischer, Handel, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), p. 28.
103 Vischer, Handel, 2001 (Publications of the ICE), pp. 29f.
104 On the historical background, see Bonhage/Lussy/Bonhage, Vermögen, 2001 (Publications of the
ICE). See also chapter 4.6 included herein.
105 On the legal issues relating to «unclaimed assets», see also Aubert/Haissly/Terracina, Responsabilité,
1996, pp. 137ff.; Walder, Fragen, 1997, pp. 130ff.
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