Developments in Foundation Law in Europe

Preface by the Editor; Chiara Prele.- Chapter 1 Foundations in Austria: The Law of Public and Private Foundations; Johannes Zollner.- Chapter 2 Foundation Law in Bulgaria; Ralitsa Velichkova.- Chapter 3; Foundations in the Czech Republic: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Katerina Ronovská.- Chapter 4 Foundation Law in England and Wales; Alison Dunn.- Chapter 5 Foundations Law in France; Isabelle Combes.- Chapter 6 Resolved and still unresolved problems in German Foundation Law; Birgit Weitemeyer.- Chapter 7 Foundation Law in Hungary; Zoltan Csehi.- Chapter 8 In Search of Terre Firma: The unpacking of Charitable Foundations in Ireland; Oonagh Breen.- Chapter 9 The Civil Code and the Special Laws ruling Foundations in Italy; Chiara Prele.- Chapter 10 The Foundation Governance under the Law of Foundations of Liechtenstein; Francesco A. Schurr.- Chapter 11 The development of the law on foundations in the Netherlands; C. Helen C. Overes - Tymen J. van der Ploeg.- Chapter 12 The new Portuguese law on private foundations; Rui Hermenegildo Gonçales.- Chapter 13 Foundations Law in Spain; Isabel Peñalosa Esteban.- Chapter 14 Foundation Law in Switzerland - overview and current developments in civil and tax law; Dominique Jakob, Goran Studen.- Authors' Biography.