Charity Law - Exploring the Concept of Public Benefit

This book investigates and critically evaluates the concept of public benefit within charity law in the common law world.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
[Introduction]
Introduction
Daniel Halliday and Matthew Harding
[Chapter 1]
What Does it Mean to ‘Act Charitably’? Revisiting the Purposes and Activities Distinction in Charity Law
Adam Parachin
[Chapter 1 Comment]
Purposes, Activities and the Continued Importance of Charity Modes of Action
Ian Murray
[Chapter 2]
Too Private to Be Charitable: Difficulties in Drawing the Line in Charity Law
Debra Morris
[Chapter 2 Comment]
Too Private to Be Charitable: Commentary on Debra Morris’s Chapter
Jennifer Batrouney AM QC
[Chapter 3]
Public Benefit and Charitable Class
Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer
[Chapter 3 Comment]
Comment on Public Benefit and Charitable Class
Matthew Harding
[Chapter 4]
Public Benefit and Public Policy: Keeping up with Discrimination?
Myles McGregor-Lowndes
[Chapter 4 Comment]
Commentary on Public Benefit and Public Policy: Keeping up with Discrimination?
Matthew Turnour and Elizabeth Shalders
[Chapter 5]
A No-Benefit Benefit Test: When, If Ever, Should Benefit Be Presumed or Assumed in Charity Law?
Mary Synge
[Chapter 5 Comment]
A No-Benefit Benefit Test: Comment
Pauline Ridge
[Chapter 6]
Weighing Benefits and Detriments in the Law of Charities
Jane Calderwood Norton
[Chapter 6 Comment]
Some Further Reflections on Incommensurability, Public Benefit, and Autonomy: Commentary on Weighing Benefits and Detriments in the Law of Charities
Daniel Halliday
[Chapter 7]
Public Reason, Public Benefit, and ‘Political’ Charities
Patrick Emerton
[Chapter 7 Comment]
Comment on Public Reason, Public Benefit, and ‘Political’ Charities
Jennifer L Beard
[Chapter 8]
Issues and Problems with the Application of the Public Benefit Test in New Zealand Law
Sue Barker
[Chapter 8 Comment]
Comment: Purpose and Public Benefit
Rosemary Teele Langford
Index

About the author

Daniel Halliday is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Matthew Harding is Professor of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Summary

This book investigates and critically evaluates the concept of public benefit within charity law in the common law world.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Harding Halliday
• Assisted by: Daniel Halliday (Editor), Matthew Harding (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9780367745134
• ISBN: 978-0-367-74513-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Comparative, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social welfare & social services, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social welfare and social services, comparative law, Jurisprudence & general issues, Non-profitmaking organizations, Jurisprudence and general issues, Constitutional & administrative law, Administrative jurisdiction and public administration