ISBN:
9783319016856
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (178 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Beneficial Ownership : Basic and Federal Indian Law Aspects of a Concept
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The hunt for beneficial owners is on. Like an elephant, the beneficial owner hides in the jungle of complex legal structures, waiting to be discovered by eager prosecutors. But what lies behind this metaphor? What is a Beneficial Owner? Is beneficial ownership a right? What does this right encompass? What is the value of this right compared to other rights? And if beneficial ownership is not a right, is it still a legally relevant relation? How do courts, namely the U.S. Supreme Court deal with the concept? When do Anglo-American judges and European scholars resort to the concept?This book a
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Introduction; The Term Beneficial Ownership; 1. About Elephants; a) ``I Know Them When I See Them´´; aa) The Problem with Metaphors; bb) Seeing Elephants v. Seeing Beneficial Owners; cc) Conclusion; b) The Blind Men and the Elephant; aa) The Story; bb) Symbolism for Approaches; 2. Elements of the Analysis; a) Perceptions; aa) What Are Perceptions?; bb) Some Perceptions of Property; cc) Conclusion; b) Functionality; c) History; d) Experience; aa) As a Method; bb) Some Theoretical Aspects of Experience; cc) Conclusions
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e) Languageaa) Roman Law and Old Common Law; bb) Legal Interest in Nineteenth Century Germany; cc) Conclusions; f) Law and Economics; 3. The Term Beneficial Ownership in the Crosshairs; a) English Version; aa) Beneficial; bb) Ownership; cc) The Combination of Beneficial and Ownership; b) German Version; aa) Wirtschaftlich; bb) Berechtigung; cc) The Combination of Wirtschaftlich and Berechtigung; c) Italian and French; aa) L´ayant droit/l´avente diritto; bb) Economique/Economico; cc) L´ayant droit économique and l´avente diritto economico; d) Observations and Conclusions
Description / Table of Contents:
aa) Regarding Beneficial, Economic, Economico, Wirtschaftlichbb) Regarding Ownership, Droit, Diritto, Berechtigung; cc) Degree of Abstraction; Beneficial Ownership as a Concept; 1. About Concepts in General; 2. HOHFELD´s Fundamental Legal Conceptions; a) Significance of the Conceptions; b) The Conceptions; aa) The Four Hohfeldian Incidents; bb) First and Second Order Incidents; cc) Correlatives; dd) Opposites; ee) Conceptual Definition of Beneficial Ownership; 3. Conclusion; Common Law, Equity, and Beneficial Ownership; 1. Law, Anti-Law,; 2. and Non-Law (Fig.2); 3. Conclusions
Description / Table of Contents:
Beneficial Ownership in U.S. Supreme Court Decisions1. Hellenic Lines, Ltd. v. Rhoditis; 2. Tooahnippah (Goombi) v. Hickel; 3. United States v. Algoma Lumber Co. et al.; 4. United States v. Shoshone Tribe of Indians; 5. Handy and Harman v. Burnet; 6. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Des Moines Union Railway Company; 7. Montana Catholic Missions v. Missoula County; a) Significance; b) Facts; c) Definition of Beneficial Ownership; aa) Right to Enjoyment; bb) Recognized by Law; cc) Enforceable by Beneficial Owner or Someone on Her Behalf
Description / Table of Contents:
dd) Separation of Beneficial Use and Legal Titleee) Beneficial Ownership Ad Interim; 8. Wells v. Savannah; 9. Union Stock Yards Bank v. Gillespie; 10. Drexel v. Berney; 11. Laughlin v. Mitchell; a) Contract: Lease; b) Inheritance: Will; c) Equity: Trust; d) Beneficial Ownership; 12. National Bank v. Insurance Company; 13. Summary Findings; Fundamental Aspects of Federal Indian Law; 1. Introductory Note on the Moral Aspect; 2. Why Federal Indian Law?; 3. Cultural Differences; a) Stereotypes; b) Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery; c) Indian Status; d) Diversity and Uniformity
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4. Law, Property, and Language
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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