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The Law of Trusts provides a concise, yet stimulating, approach to the core issues within trusts law. Combining perceptive analysis and thought-provoking commentary, James Penner skilfully engages with controversial issues, giving students an excellent grounding in what is considered to be a challenging subject.
List of contents
- Part I: The Express Trust
- 1: Historical origins of the trust
- 2: Basic principles
- 3: Trusts and powers
- 4: Modern discretionary trusts
- 5: Certainty
- 6: Constitution
- 7: The beneficiary principle
- 8: The trust up and running
- 9: Formalities
- Part II: Resulting Trusts and Bare Trusts
- 10: Resulting trusts
- 11: Bare trusts subject to contractual obligations and agency mandates
- Part III: Liabilities Arising from Breach of Trust and Fiduciary Obligations
- 12: Following, tracing, and claiming
- 13: The trustee's liability for breach of trust
- 14: Fiduciary relationships
- 15: Third party liability for breach of trust and fiduciary obligations
- 16: Restitution, unjust enrichment, and the law of trusts
- Part IV: Constructive Trusts
- 17: Constructive trusts and informal trusts of family property
- Part V: Charity
- 18: The law governing charities
About the author
J E Penner is Kwa Geok Choo Professor of Property Law, National University of Singapore, and Barrister of Lincoln's Inn. He completed his first degree in genetics (BSc UWO) before continuing his academic studies in law and legal philosophy (LLB Toronto, DPhil Oxon). He has a strong reputation in this field and has taught trusts in the UK, Canada, the Bahamas, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia.
Summary
The Law of Trusts provides a concise, yet stimulating, approach to the core issues within trusts law. Combining perceptive analysis and thought-provoking commentary, James Penner skilfully engages with controversial issues, giving students an excellent grounding in what is considered to be a challenging subject.
