ABSTRACT
The article examines the evolution of the category of fiduciarity in inheritance relations from Roman private law to modern legal systems. Based on the analysis of Roman constructions of fiducia and fideicommissum, the essential core of fiduciarity is revealed – the duty of a person entrusted with power over another’s property to act exclusively in the interest of the beneficiary, with these relations built on cooperation and good faith. The transformation of fiduciary mechanisms into the medieval family fideicommissum, their rejection in bourgeois codifications, and subsequent revival in the forms of trust, fiducie, and hereditary fund are traced. Special attention is paid to manifestations of fiduciarity in modern Russian law, including the hereditary fund and fiduciary duties of employees. It is concluded that fiduciarity acts as an interdisciplinary principle uniting inheritance, corporate, and labor law, and its essence remains invariably linked to the idea of cooperation of parties, rooted in Roman fides.
Andrianova, Maria, Evolution of the Category of Fiduciarity (April 1, 2026).
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