Modern Cy-Pres Doctrine - Applications and Implications

It is unusual, in the precise world of law, to find instances of where 'near enough is good enough'. This book explores when this is possible, referring to property and monetary transfers, under the increasingly important and influential cy-près doctrine

List of contents

Introduction. The Cy-Près Doctrine in the Context of Trusts. Charitable Trusts: Cy-Près Delineation. Charitable Trusts: General Cy-Près. Charitable Trusts: Statutory Cy-Près. Charitable Public Appeal Funds. Non-charitable Trusts. The Cy-Près Doctrine in the Context of Litigious Remedies. Class Actions Cy-Près: An Introduction. Class Actions Cy-Près: Principles. Cy-Près Specific Performance. Cy-Près: More than a Doctrine?

About the author

Dr Rachael Mulheron is Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary University of London. She is also author of The Class Action in Common Law Legal Systems: A Comparative Perspective (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2004).

Summary

It is unusual, in the precise world of law, to find instances of where ‘near enough is good enough’. This book explores when this is possible, referring to property and monetary transfers, under the increasingly important and influential cy-près doctrine

Product details

• Authors: Rachael Mulheron, Mulheron Rachael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2016
• EAN: 9781138976283
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97628-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, LAW / General, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, Wales / Cymru