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"The Structure of Fiduciary Duties As Approached Through Law & Economics"(in Japanese)

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  • Takayasu Kamiya

    (Faculty of Law, Hosei University)

  • Yoshitsugu Kanemoto

    (Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo)

Abstract
We examine two issues on duciary duty.First,what is the essential structure of duciary duty?Second,does duciary duty have elements of a mandatory rule? Concerning the rst question,the formation of a duciary relationship involves the di culty of writing a contract on the acts that the duciary has to do,and the outcomes of the acts.Especially,duciary duty is used when writing a contract on outcomes is so di cult that an outcome-based contract cannot attract an agent.We interpret duciary duty as an attempt at coping with this di culty by (1) a defensive incentive structure that prohibits the misappropriation of the principal's 'asset' by the agent and (2) the court's ex-post supervision on veri able acts of misappropriation. For duciary duty to have elements of a mandatory rule,(1) the rule itself should be clear and speci c and (2) the extent that the rule applies should be also clear.Furthermore,they must pass the cost-bene t test of Kanda and Fujita:"The value of bene ts,which accrues to the society from setting a rule as a mandatory rule, should exceed the cost of sacri ce,which accrues to the society from compelling the parties to obey the arrangements of the mandatory rule." (Hideki Kanda and Tomotaka Fujita)(1998)

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  • Takayasu Kamiya & Yoshitsugu Kanemoto, 2003. ""The Structure of Fiduciary Duties As Approached Through Law & Economics"(in Japanese)," CIRJE J-Series CIRJE-J-98, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
    • Handle: RePEc:tky:jseres:2003cj98
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