The trust, who finds it's origin in the medieval English law, was used in private relations at the beginning, means that a trustee should conserve goods, without appropriate them, for a transmission to future beneficiary. To regards to the actual environmental crisis, the trust is particularly pertinent : different juridical mechanisms enter an intergenerational trust in which present generation should conserve natural resources for future generations, as the example of the Common heritage of mankind. This mechanism tries to establish a cohesive and an equity in the present generation and with the future one, and more generally, to enter a global solidarity, with all the difficulties involved.
We look forward to welcoming you on July 3-5, 2023 for our Annual Conference entitled "Islands and Ocean: Public Law in a Plural World." The conference will take place at the Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand.
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