- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Statutory Instruments
- Table of International Instruments
- Part I Introduction to Equity and Trusts
- 1. Foundations of Equity and Trusts
- 2. Trusts in Context
- Part II Creation and Recognition of Trusts
- 3. Trusts Created Expressly
- 4. Constitution of Trusts
- 5. Resulting Trusts
- 6. Formality, Perpetuity, and Illegality
- 7. Charity
- 8. Constructive Trusts and Informal Trusts of Land
- Part III The Regulation of Trusts
- 9. Variation of Trusts and the Flexibility of Benefit
- 10. The Fiduciary Duty
- 11. Fulfilling and Filling the Office of Trustee
- 12. Investment
- 13. Breach of Trust
- Part IV Trusts and Third Parties
- 14. Tracing and Recovering Trust Property
- 15. The Equitable Liability of Strangers to the Trust
- Part V Equity
- 16. Equity
- Index
(p. 2) 1. Foundations of Equity and Trusts
- Chapter:
- (p. 2) 1. Foundations of Equity and Trusts
- Author(s):
Gary Watt
- DOI:
- 10.1093/he/9780198737650.003.0001
Titles in the Casebook on series provide readers with a comprehensive selection of case law extracts for their studies. Extracts have been chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the courts and to show how legal principles are developed. This chapter begins with a brief overview of the history of equity in English law. It then discusses the nature of the trust; and distinctions between legal and equitable ownership.
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- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Statutory Instruments
- Table of International Instruments
- Part I Introduction to Equity and Trusts
- 1. Foundations of Equity and Trusts
- 2. Trusts in Context
- Part II Creation and Recognition of Trusts
- 3. Trusts Created Expressly
- 4. Constitution of Trusts
- 5. Resulting Trusts
- 6. Formality, Perpetuity, and Illegality
- 7. Charity
- 8. Constructive Trusts and Informal Trusts of Land
- Part III The Regulation of Trusts
- 9. Variation of Trusts and the Flexibility of Benefit
- 10. The Fiduciary Duty
- 11. Fulfilling and Filling the Office of Trustee
- 12. Investment
- 13. Breach of Trust
- Part IV Trusts and Third Parties
- 14. Tracing and Recovering Trust Property
- 15. The Equitable Liability of Strangers to the Trust
- Part V Equity
- 16. Equity
- Index