Charity Law and Post-Mortem Identity

Erscheinungsjahr 2029
ISBN: 978-1-5099-4994-6
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This book looks at how the law allows donors to establish perpetual charitable trusts, bearing the donor's name, and how it rewards and encourages the pursuit of post-mortem identity.

It considers the policy questions raised by post-mortem identity. The law in this area is often complex and uncertain, and that legal unpredictably might deter donors from giving. Attention to post-mortem identity suggests that the law should be made as reliable and predictable as possible. This book theorises the motivation for post-mortem identity and works through its legal implications.

It considers the even deeper questions in play and the particular problems which surround post-mortem identity. For example, a donor motivated by the prospect of legal immortality might be led towards bad charity. The donor might try to create a vain or prejudiced organisation. The book looks at the context of these issues, the policy challenges faced by the law, and the way in which the rules need to control and limit the donor's wishes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Picton, John

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Theorising Post-Mortem Identity in Charity Law
2. Policy Implications: Post-Mortem Identity and Perpetuity
3. Policy Implications: Post-Mortem Identity and Testamentary Certainty

4. Post-Mortem Identity and Policy Problems

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Picton, John
John Picton is Reader in Property and Trusts at the University of Manchester, UK

John Picton is Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool, UK.