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History of the Law of Charity, 1532-1827 Gareth Jones

History of the Law of Charity, 1532-1827 By Gareth Jones

History of the Law of Charity, 1532-1827 by Gareth Jones


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This book covers the period from the Reformation to the end of Lord Eldon's Chancellorship when the modern law of charity had taken a definite shape. Mr Jones shows how the contemporary religious, economic and social pressures moulded the substantive law and illustrates the importance of procedural considerations in defining the limits of legal charity.

History of the Law of Charity, 1532-1827 Summary

History of the Law of Charity, 1532-1827 by Gareth Jones

This book covers the period from the Reformation to the end of Lord Eldon's Chancellorship when the modern law of charity had taken a definite shape. Mr Jones shows how the contemporary religious, economic and social pressures moulded the substantive law and illustrates the importance of procedural considerations in defining the limits of legal charity.

Table of Contents

Part I. The development of the law of charity 1532-1700: 1. Introduction: Charity before the Reformation; 2. The Reformation and the law of charity; 3. The Statutes of Charitable Uses: 39 Elizabeth I c. 6 and 43 Elizabeth I c. 4; 4. The development of the Law of Charity 1545-1700: A definition of charity; 5. The development of the Law of Charity 1545-1700: The privileges of charity; Part II. The development of the Law of Charity 1700-1827: 6. Introduction; 7. The Mortmain Act, 1736; 8. The preamble to the Charitable Uses Act, 1601, and the definition of charity; 9. The influence of the Mortmain Act, 1736, on the definition of charity; 10. The development of the Law of Charity 1700-1827: The privileges of charity; 11. The Enforcement of Charitable Trusts 1700-1827.

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NLS9780521073929
9780521073929
0521073928
History of the Law of Charity, 1532-1827 by Gareth Jones
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2008-08-28
296
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