信托财产权、信托法与民法典

信托制度是一项起源于英美法系国家的私法制度,当其被作为大陆法系国家的我国继受后,就成为我国私法体系中的新成员。作为信托法核心概念之一的信托财产权,也是我国民事权利体系中的一名新成员,它无法也不应该以传统大陆法系中的任何概念来解释。信托财产权的本质不是物权,不是债权,也不是法律关系的主体,同样也不是物权和债权的变形或组合,而是一种新型的、独立的民事权利。信托财产权既然是一种新型的、独立的民事权利,我国未来的民法典就理当对它有所“反映”。但由于信托法与民法典之间存在着许多难以调和的制度冲突,民法典对信托财产权的“反映”,并不意味着必须将信托法的全部内容都纳入到民法典之中。

Property Rights in Trust,Trust Law and Civil Code

Trust law is a private system originated from Anglo-American Law. It becomes a new member of our private system when it is inherited by China. As one of the key concepts of trust law, property rights in trust are also new members in our system of civil rights. It can not and should not be explained in terms of any concept in traditional continental legal system. In essence, it is not a right in a thing, not a right to debt, or the subject in legal relationship. It is not the transformation or combination of right in a thing and right to debt, but it is a new and independent civil right. Therefore, it must be "reflected" in the China's Civil Code. However, Owing to the many uncompromising systematic conflictions between trust law and civil code, the latter does not have to take in everything mentioned in the former.