是信託還是法人？中國宗族財產的管制問題

Trust or Corporation? Problems of Governance in the Management of Chinese Lineage Property

松原健太郎(Matsubara Kentaro)

《歷史人類學學刊》 7卷2期 (2009/10) Pp. 73-104

摘要

以「堂」這種組織控制財產，是中國社會的慣習。英國在香港建立殖民地後，港英殖民地政府並不認為「堂」有何獨特之處，更不會調整殖民地法律體系以適應「堂」的存在，而是直接用英國法律裡的《信託法》處置中國的「堂」。香山縣吉嶺葉氏宗族內部就堂產在香港法庭展開的訴訟，就反映了削中國「堂」之足就英國《信託法》之履的過程。

關鍵字

堂 ； 信託 ； 法人 ； 宗族 ； 香港

並列摘要

The use of the ＂tang＂ or hall organization as a mechanism to control property was customary in Chinese society. After the establishment of Hong Kong as a British colony, urban Hong Kong law did not recognize the ＂tang＂ organization as being distinctive in any way, nor did the Hong Kong government adjust colonial law to take into account the existence of ＂tang＂. Instead, British trust law was directly applied to handle the Chinese ＂tang＂. Legal disputes over the tang property of the Jida Ye (Gut Tai Ip) lineage of Xiangshan county that were brought to the Hong Kong courts illustrate the process by which the Chinese ＂tang＂ was adapted to English trust law.

並列關鍵字

＂tang＂ ； trust ； corporation ； lineage ； Hong Kong