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Price: $52.50

Format:
Paperback 256 pp.
138 mm x 216 mm

ISBN-10:
019927259X

ISBN-13:
9780199272594

Publication date:
October 2013

Imprint: OUP UK

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Trusts: A Modern Analysis

Robert Chambers

Series : Clarendon Law Series

This book provides law students with a clearly written and accessible introduction to the law of trusts and its place in modern private law. This fascinating subject has produced a vocabulary and legal structure that are not to be found elsewhere. Yet the law of trusts continues to evolve to meet modern challenges in many different areas of law, including commercial law, pension funds, and restitution. Mastery of the subject requires both an understanding of very old legal concepts and an ability to apply them to modern legal problems, and this book is designed to help the reader do both.

With plain language and a relaxed style, Robert Chambers explains the key concepts and essential structure of trust law and helpfully compares them to other areas of the law. The book is divided into four main parts: the trust relationship, the creation of trusts by consent and by operation of law, and breach of trust. In each part, traditional trust concepts are explained in modern terms, providing a deeper understanding of the traditional concepts and an ability to relate them to similar concepts used in other areas of law, such as contracts, torts, and unjust enrichment.

Readership : Undergraduates studying courses in equity and trusts as part of their degree courses, and others seeking a concise introduction to the subject.

THE TRUST RELATIONSHIP
1. The Trust Relationship
2. Beginning, Changing or Ending the Relationship
3. Trustees
TRUSTS CREATED BY CONSENT
4. Intention
5. Subject and Object
6. Purposes
TRUSTS CREATED BY OPERATION OF LAW
7. Wrongs
8. Unjust Enrichment
9. Other Events
BREACH OF TRUST
10. Breach of Trust
11. Liability of Trustees
12. Liability of Others

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Robert Chambers is Associate Professor in Law at Alberta University, Canada. He has taught company law, equity, land titles, property law, restitution, and trusts. His main research interests are property, restitution, trusts, and unjust enrichment in Australia, Canada, England, and the United States.

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Special Features

  • A fresh and analytical approach to the law of trusts that encourages students to fully engage with the subject
  • Challenges the traditional categories through which key areas of trusts are organized and taught, provoking students to think critically about them
  • Uses a logical structure and plain language to provide accessible explanations of difficult concepts
  • Clearly identifies and analyses the various sources of resulting and constructive trusts making it suitable for use on undergraduate courses