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    Rationalizing property, equity, and trusts : essays in honour of Edward Burn / edited by Joshua Getzler.

    • Title:Rationalizing property, equity, and trusts : essays in honour of Edward Burn / edited by Joshua Getzler.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Getzler, Joshua.
      Burn, E. H. (Edward Hector), 1922-
    • Published/Created:London : LexisNexis UK, 2003.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Land tenure--Law and legislation--England.
      Land tenure--Law and legislation--Wales.
      Trusts and trustees--England.
      Trusts and trustees--Wales.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:xlix, 332 pages ; 26 cm
    • Summary:In this festschrift, appellate judges, academic lawyers and practitioners, including many of the leading property and equity experts of England, have joined to celebrate Edward Burn's career as a searching writer and brilliant teacher. The essays in the volume cover a wide terrain of topics including: the rationality of English land law; the nature of proprietary estoppel; the essential attributes of trusts and how they can be exported to Civilian systems; the nature of joint trustee liability; the relationship between restitution and equity; the relationship of fiduciary law to trusts; the standard of care in nuisance; the duty of care in will drafting; and form and substance in tax, lease and mortgage law.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0406964408
      9780406964403
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: Preface / Lord Oliver
      Introduction / Joshua Getzler
      Ch. 1 Trusts: The Inessentials / Tony Honore
      Ch. 2 Usucapio and the Law of Trusts / Jeffrey Hackney
      Ch. 3 Formality and Informality in Property and Contract / John Cartwright
      Ch. 4 Motive, Not the Deed / Lionel Smith
      Ch. 5 Restitution Through the Looking Glass: Restitution Within Equity and Equity Within Restitution / Graham Virgo
      Ch. 6 Professional Liability in the Will-Making Process / Christopher Slade
      Ch. 7 Form and Substance / Lord Templeman
      Ch. 8 Tackling Avoidance / Ben McFarlane / Edwin Simpson
      Ch. 9 Registered Land - A Law Unto Itself? / Charles Harpum
      Ch. 10 Rhetoric of Realty / Kevin Gray / Susan Francis Gray
      Ch. 11 Roman and English Prescription for Incorporeal Property / Joshua Getzler
      Ch. 12 Reading Roman Law with Edward Burn / Ann Smart.
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