...This chapter considers how international law has shaped and continues to shape Middle East and North Africa (MENA) states by examining the inter-related factors of international legal personality, self-determination claims and the adjudication of boundary disputes. It focuses on three case studies...

.... The chapter concludes by relating the trust institution to the idea of legal personality. legal personality legal universalities Mexico patrimony trust Canada Civil Code of Québec France charitable trusts constructive trusts contracts trustees affectation personal creditors personal liabilities...