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This book explores the interactions of fiduciary law and trust, drawing on insights into personal and political trust from various disciplines. It explores the full scope of extension claimed for the fiduciary principle, from its heartland in private law, to its frontiers in public law and government more broadly.
List of contents
Part I. Personal Trust and Fiduciary Relationships: 1. Fiduciary grounds and reasons Paul Faulkner; 2. Trust and advice Andrew S. Gold; 3. Contracts, fiduciary relationships, and trust Matthew Harding; 4. Trust, autonomy, and the fiduciary relationship Carolyn McLeod and Emma Ryman; 5. The psychology of trust and fiduciary obligations Tess Wilkinson-Ryan; Part II. Personal Trust and Fiduciary Duties: 6. Stakeholder fiduciaries Evan J. Criddle; 7. Trustees and agents behaving badly: when and how is 'bad faith' relevant? James E. Penner; 8. Conflict, profit, bias, misuse of power: dimensions of governance Lionel D. Smith; Part III. Personal Trust and Fiduciary Government: 9. Trust and authority Evan Fox-Decent; 10. The fiduciary crown: the private duties of public actors in state-indigenous relationships Kirsty Gover and Nicole Roughan; 11. Political (dis)trust and fiduciary government Paul B. Miller; 12. Trust, distrust, and the rule of law Gerald J. Postema; Part IV. Trust and Fiduciary Law in Context: 13. For-profit managers as public fiduciaries: a neoclassical republican perspective Robert E. Atkinson, Jr.; 14. Fiduciary law and the preservation of trust in business relationships Brian J. Broughman, Elizabeth Pollman and D. Gordon Smith; 15. How much trust do trusts require? Thomas P. Gallanis.
Summary
This book explores the interactions of fiduciary law and trust, drawing on insights into personal and political trust from various disciplines. It explores the full scope of extension claimed for the fiduciary principle, from its heartland in private law, to its frontiers in public law and government more broadly.
