TY - BOOK ID - 707213 TI - Developments in Foundation Law in Europe PY - 2014 SN - 9401790698 940179068X PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, DB - UniCat KW - Business Taxation/Tax Law. KW - Comparative law. KW - Conflict of laws. KW - International law. KW - Law. KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law. KW - Private international law. KW - Public International Law. KW - Public international law. KW - Tax accounting. KW - Tax laws. KW - Charity laws and legislation KW - Charities KW - Law, Charity KW - Poor laws KW - Law and legislation KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . KW - Public International Law . KW - Taxation KW - Finance, Public KW - Accounting KW - Law of nations KW - Nations, Law of KW - Public international law KW - Law KW - Tax laws KW - Tax legislation KW - Tax regulations KW - Choice of law KW - Conflict of laws KW - Intermunicipal law KW - International law, Private KW - International private law KW - Private international law KW - Legal polycentricity KW - Civil law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:707213 AB - This book deals with foundation law in various European countries. It sums up contributions from the most outstanding experts in foundation law in fourteen countries. These are either civil law or common law, and their socio-economical situation is considerably different. Despite the outstanding differences in each country, foundations have been growing in number and importance all over Europe in the last decades. Political, economical and social changes occurred in various European countries increased foundations' role. The need to focus on foundations' laws and regulations arose in many States for different reasons. The contributions in this book focus in particular on the recent development of foundation law, on the evolution foundations have undergone in recent years and on trends in law. ER -