Trusts and Equity

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Description
The student approaching the subject of trusts and equity for the first time is faced with a constellation of textbooks from which to choose. It is a range of choice that testifies both to the dynamic nature of the subject and to the diverse opinions that it engenders in those who teach it. One commentator has even suggested that books on trusts may be a 'song without end. The present book is not the end of the song, but, hopefully, it contributes a new verse that is consonant with the needs of students and their tutors. The aim has been to produce a lucid and readable text of medium length, which provides comprehensive coverage of the subject matter of typical undergraduate courses in trusts and equity. At the same time, it is hoped that the student reader will be stimulated to engage in critical reflection upon the ever-shifting frontiers of the subject. For further inspiration, the reader is directed throughout the pages of this book to specialist academic works on particular aspects of the subject, many of the most influential of which are published by Oxford University Press.
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Table of Contents
Part A : Introduction to Trusts & Equity
Chapter 1 : Foundation
Chapter 2 : Trusts in Context
Part B : Creation and Recognition of Trusts
Chapter 3 : Trust Created Expressly
Chapter 4 : Effective disposition of Benefit Constitution of Trusts
Chapter 5 : Ineffective disposition of benefit : Resulting Trusts
Chapter 6 : Formality, Perpetuity and illegality: Trust creation and Public Policy
Chapter 7 : Charity: Trust creation and policy
Chapter 8 : Constructive trusts and information trusts of land
Part C : The Regulation of Trusts
Chapter 9 : Flexibility of Benefit
Chapter 10 : The Fiduciary Duty
Chapter 11 : Fulfilling and filling the office of trustee
Chapter 12 : Trustee Investment
Chapter 13 : Breach of Trust: the Personal Liability Trustees
Part D : Trusts and Third Parties
Chapter 14 : Tracing and Recovering Trust Property
Chapter 15 : The Equitable Personal liability of Strangers to the Trust
Part E : Equity
Chapter 16 : Equitable Maxims, doctrines, and Remedies
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Author Details

Gary Watt, Professor of Law, University of Warwick Gary Watt is a Professor of Law at the University of Warwick. He was made Law Teacher of the Year in 2009 and in 2010 he was named a National Teaching Fellow by the Higher Education Academy. He is the author of other OUP books including Equity & Trusts Law Directions and Cases & Materials on Equity & Trusts.