Rationalizing Property, Equity and Trusts

Essays in Honour of Edward Burn
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-406-96440-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 394 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 866 g

Edward Burn's texts on land law and equity and trusts have formed the minds of generations of lawyers. In this volume, judges, lawyers and practitioners discuss his contribution and its relevance to topics such as the rationality of English land law, proprietary estoppel and trusts.

"Edward Burn is the doyen of property and trust lawyers in this country. His masterly texts on land law and equity and trusts have formed the minds of generations of lawyers. Judges, professors and practising lawyers all depend on Burn's crystalline analy

INTRODUCTION; 1. Trusts: The Inessentials; 2. Usucapio and the Law of Trusts; 3. Formality and Informality in Property and Contract; 4. The Motive, Not the Deed; 5. Restitution Through the Looking Glass: Restitution Within Equity and Equity Within Restitution; 6. Professional Liability in the Will-Making Process; 7. Form and Substance; 8. Tackling Avoidance; 9. Registered Land - A Law Unto Itself?; 10. The Rhetoric of Realty; 11. Roman and English Prescription for Incorporeal Property; 12. Reading Roman Law with Edward Burn; Index

Autoren/Hrsg.

Getzler, Joshua

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Sachenrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1.: Tony Honoré: Trusts: The Inessentials

- 2.: Jeffrey Hackney: Usucapio and the Law of Trusts

- 3.: John Cartwright: Formality and Informality in Property and Contract

- 4.: Lionel Smith: The Motive, Not the Deed

- 5.: Graham Virgo: Restitution Through the Looking Glass: Restitution Within Equity and Equity Within Restitution

- 6.: Sir Christopher Slade: Professional Liability in the Will-Making Process

- 7.: Lord Templeman: Form and Substance

- 8.: Ben McFarlane and Edwin Simpson: Tackling Avoidance

- 9.: Charles Harpum: Registered Land - A Law Unto Itself?

- 10.: Kevin Gray and Susan Francis Gray: The Rhetoric of Realty

- 11.: Joshua Getzler: Roman and English Prescription for Incorporeal Property

- 12.: Ann Smart: Reading Roman Law with Edward Burn

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joshua Getzler, Fellow and Tutor in Law, St Hugh's College, Oxford