Thomas P. Gallanis

George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School

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1.

The Trustee's Duty to Inform

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 85, p. 1595, 2007, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-44, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-47
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2009
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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trusts, fiduciary, information, duty, beneficiaries

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The Contribution of Fiduciary Law

THE WORLDS OF THE TRUST, L. Smith ed., Cambridge University Press, (2013), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-05
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2014
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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trust, fiduciary

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The New Direction of American Trust Law

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 1, 2011, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-06
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2012
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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trust law

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Reasonable Doubt and the History of the Criminal Trial

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, p. 941, 2009, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-48
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Oct 2009
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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legal history, common law, trial, criminal law, reasonable doubt, ordeal

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Inheritance Rights for Domestic Partners

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Apr 2004
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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Will Substitutes: A U.S. Perspective

A. Braun and A. Röthel, eds. Passing Wealth on Death: Will-Substitutes in Comparative Perspective, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2016, Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-01
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 Mar 2016
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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wills, will substitutes, probate, nonprobate, succession

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Trusts and the Choice of Law: What Role for the Settlor’s Choice and the Place of Administration?

97 Tulane Law Review, No. 5, 2023, pp. 805-846, George Mason Legal Studies Research Paper No. LS 23-11
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2023
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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Trusts, choice of law, governing law, place of administration

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Family Caregiving and the Law of Succession: A Proposal

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 45, No. 4, Summer 2012, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-2
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 29 Dec 2012
Thomas P. Gallanis and Josephine Gittler
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and University of Iowa - College of Law
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caregiving, family, elderly, succession

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How Much Trust Do Trusts Require?

Fiduciaries and Trust: Ethics, Politics, Economics and Law (Paul B. Miller & Matthew Harding eds., Cambridge University Press 2020), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-25
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2020
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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trusts; trust law; fiduciaries; fiduciary law

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Death by Disaster: Anglo-American Presumptions, 1766-2006

THE LAW OF PRESUMPTIONS: ESSAYS IN COMPARATIVE LEGAL HISTORY, R.H. Helmholz & W.D.H. Sellar eds., pp. 189-200, Duncker & Humblot, 2009, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-03
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2013
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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The U.S. Supreme Court and the Law of Trusts and Estates: A Law Reformer's Perspective

42 ACTEC Law Journal 11 (2016), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-14
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2017
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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trusts, estates, succession, Supreme Court, federal law, state law, wills, will substitutes, nonprobate transfers, default rules

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The Uniform Probate Code's New Intestacy and Class Gift Provisions

46 ACTEC L.J., Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-31
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 23 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2020
Mary Louise Fellows and Thomas P. Gallanis
affiliation not provided to SSRN and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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succession, probate, intestacy, class gifts, wills, trusts, uniform probate code, parentage

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Victorian Reform of Civil Litigation in the Superior Courts of Common Law

WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME: THE HISTORY OF DUE AND UNDUE DELAY IN CIVIL LITIGATION, C.H. van Rhee, ed., Duncker & Humblot, 2010, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-01
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2011
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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civil procedure, English law, legal history

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The Use and Abuse of Governing-Law Clauses in Trusts: What Should the New Restatement Say?

103 Iowa L.Rev. 1711 (2018), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-10
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Oct 2018
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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trusts, choice of law, conflict of laws, governing law

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Trusts and Estates: Teaching Uniform Law

58 St. Louis U. L. J. 671 (2014), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-09
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Mar 2014
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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uniform law, uniform law commission, teaching, wills, trusts, estates, succession

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The Flexible Family in Three Dimensions

Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 291, Summer 2010, University of Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No.11-07
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2011
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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The Mystery of Old Bailey Counsel

Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 65, pp. 159-173, March 2006
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Oct 2009
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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legal history, Old Bailey, criminal trial, counsel

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Asian Wealth in the United States: Some Legal Answers and Policy Questions

Forthcoming in Trusts and Private Wealth Management: Developments and Directions (Richard Nolan, Tang Hang Wu & Yip Man eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2021), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-18
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 26 May 2021
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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wealth, succession, trusts, law, tax, Asia, China, Japan, United States

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Commercial Trusts in U.S. Legal Thought: Historical Puzzles and Future Directions

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 3, 2019, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-18
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Jul 2020
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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trusts, commercial trusts, business trusts, legal education, law school, comparative law

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The Dark Side of Codifying U.S. Trust Law

ACTEC Law Journal, Volume 49, No. 3, Pp. 283-316
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Oct 2024
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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trust law, succession law, property law, legislation, codification, estate planning

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Powers of Appointment in the Current Planning Environment

49 U. Miami Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (2015), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-21
Posted: 18 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2015
Thomas P. Gallanis, Turney Berry and Sarah Butters
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP and Holland & Knight LLP - Jacksonville Office

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wills, trusts, powers, powers of appointment, estate planning

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The Evolution of the Common Law

Troy L. Harris, Studies in Canon Law and Common Law in Honor of R.H. Helmholz (Berkeley: Robbins Collection 2015), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-23
Posted: 17 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2015
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School

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English law, English legal history, common law, history of common law, legal history

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Five Reforms for Perfect Future Interests

Posted: 19 Sep 2002
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School

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property, future interest, rule against perpetuities, law reform

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Default Rules, Mandatory Rules, and the Movement for Same-Sex Equality

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 60, No. 4, 1999
Posted: 21 Jan 2000
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School

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The Rise of Modern Evidence Law

Posted: 09 Dec 1999
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School

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Write and Wrong: Rethinking the Way We Communicate Health-Care Decisions

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 31, Pp. 1015-1043, 1999
Posted: 31 Aug 1999
Thomas P. Gallanis
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School

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