With the merger of law
and equity almost complete, the idea of equity as a special part of our legal
system or a mode of decision making has fallen out of view. This Article argues
that much of equity is best understood as performing a vital function. This PDF
article covers the following topics related to Equity : Introduction, the Nature
of Equitable Intervention, the Specialization of Law and Equity, Equity in
Action, Equity Revisited.
The aims of this book are
to ensure that students understand and are able to assess critically: the
principles associated with equity and with trusts law; the application of those
principles to factual circumstances, the manner in which these principles affect
people in their everyday lives, how those principles are to be reconciled with
the principles governing the creation of express trusts, the imposition of
trusts by law, how equity and trusts law adapt to changing social conditions,
and how other legal models challenge the traditional understanding of equity.
This book covers the following topics: The
Moral Sense, Laws of Nature that regulate our conduct in Society, Principles of
Duty and of Benevolence, Rewards and Punishments, Reparation, The Laws of
Society considered with respect to their final causes, What equity rules with
respect to rents levied upon an er&
This note covers the following
topics: uses and trusts, modern trust, creation of a Trust, trusts implied,
rights and duties of Trustees, nature of equitable estates and interests.
Author(s): Frederic
William Maitland, Chaytor A. H, Whittaker W. J
This note
covers the following topics: Law and Conscience, Conscience in the Early Courts
of Equity, Conscience in the Modern Courts, Conscience in the English Judiciary,
Conscience in the Australian Judiciary, Conscience in the Sri Lankan Judiciary.