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Book SynopsisPearce & Stevens' Trusts and Equitable Obligations provides students with a detailed and contextualized account of the law of equity and trusts.
Table of ContentsPart I The Importance of Equity 1: What is equity? 2: Equitable obligations 3: Equity and the management of property 4: Equitable remedies in modern English law Part II Creating the Relationship 5: Certainty 6: Constitution of trusts 7: Formalities 8: Policy limits Part III Resulting and Constructive Trusts 9: Resulting trusts 10: Constructive trusts Part IV Equity in Action: The Family Home 11: The family home in context 12: Determining interests in the family home through trusts 13: The evolution of rights in the family home 14: Proprietary estoppel 15: Family homes: Postscript Part V Equity in Society 16: Clubs and societies 17: Wills and intestate succession 18: Secret trusts Part VI Charitable Trusts 19: The role and status of charities 20: Charitable purposes 21: Public benefit 22: Cy-près: redistributing funds and changing purposes 23: Control and regulation of charitable trusts Part VII Allocation of Benefit 24: Choosing who benefits 25: Fixed trusts 26: Powers of appointment 27: Discretionary trusts 28: Powers of maintenance and advancement 29: Variation of beneficial interests Part VIII Managing Trust Property 30: Management and delegation 31: Investment 32: Appointing and changing trustees Part IX Controlling Trustees and Fiduciaries 33: Need for control 34: Remedies against the trustee for breach of trust 35: Fiduciary duties of trustees and other fiduciaries 36: Limitation of action Part X Recovering Trust Property 37: Remedies against strangers to the trust 38: Tracing
