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Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Personal property law > Equity & trusts
Addresses the fundamental questions of how our data, online
identity and digital assets are treated after death. Edina Harbinja
examines the theoretical, technological and doctrinal issues
surrounding online death and digital assets. By examining different
areas of law, humanities and social science, she proposes the new
concept of postmortal privacy (privacy of the deceased individuals)
and provides answers and suggestions as to what happens to digital
assets and online identity after death.Case studies draw on the
transmission of emails, online games/virtual realities such as
World of Warcraft and social networks to examine the legal issues
surrounding these most prominent and widely used types of assets.
Aspects of property, intellectual property, contract, succession
and probate, privacy and data protection, jurisdiction and criminal
law are considered. Harbinja puts forward policy suggestions,
proposals for law reforms and sets out an innovative agenda which
will open new avenues for research. Her useful consideration of
current digital legacy tools and technologies also offers practical
advice for users when it comes to their own estate planning.
This book explores the concept of beneficial ownership in equity
law, the domestic tax laws of the United Kingdom, Canada and the
United States, as well as its varied and increasing uses in
international tax law. By analysing the evolution of beneficiary
rights in equity and the use of beneficial ownership wording in tax
law, the book draws a roadmap for dealing with beneficial ownership
in both national and international tax law. This approach
highlights those common misconceptions that can be avoided by
understanding the origins of the concept and its engagement with
equity, as well as the differences with tax law. However, the book
does not limit itself to dealing with theoretical discussion, but
also offers an instructive and detailed practical case study.
Offering both academic commentary and a practitioner focus, the
book will be of the utmost interest to scholars and practitioners
from common and civil law countries dealing with tax and estate
law, particularly given beneficial ownership's increasing
relevance.
Charitable organisations occupy a central place in society across
much of the world, accounting for billions of pounds in revenue. As
society changes, so does the law which regulates nonprofit
organisations. From independent schools to foodbanks, they occupy a
broad policy space. Not immune to scandals, sometimes nonprofits
are in the news for all the wrong reasons and so, when they are in
the public eye, regulators must respond to high profile cases. In
this book, a team of internationally recognised charity law experts
offers a modern take on a fast-changing policy field. Through the
concept of policy debates it moves the field forward, providing an
important reference point for developing scholarship in charity law
and policy. Each chapter explores a policy debate, setting out the
fault-lines in play, and often offering proposals for reform. Two
important themes are explored in this edited collection. First,
there is a policy tension in charity law between its largely
conservative history and the need to keep up-to-date with social
change. This pressure is felt acutely along key fault-lines, such
as the extent to which a body of law which developed before the
advent of legislated human rights is able to adapt to a
rights-based world, and the extent to which independent schools -
historically so closely linked with charity - might deserve their
generous tax-breaks. The second theme explores the law from the
perspective of a good-faith regulator, concerned to maximise the
usefulness of charities. From the need to reform old organisations,
to the need to ensure that charities enjoy the right amount of
regulatory freedom in a world of payment-by-result contracts, the
book critically charts the policy justifications for regulatory
intervention, as well as the costs that such intervention might
bring. Debates in Charity Law will be of interest to both academic
researchers and students of the non-profit sector, looking to
understand the links between law, social change and regulation. It
will also help and guide nonprofit employees and volunteers,
showing how their sector is shaped and moulded by the law.
A considered balance of depth, detail, context, and critique,
Equity & Trusts Law Directions offers the most student-friendly
guide to the subject; empowering students to evaluate the law,
understand its practical application, and approach assessments with
confidence. * Gain a complete understanding of the topic: we won't
overload or leave your students short, just the right amount of
detail conveyed clearly * Understand the law in context: with
scene-setting introductions and highlighted case extracts, the
practical importance of the law becomes clear * Identify when and
how to evaluate the law critically: we'll introduce the key areas
of debate and give your students the confidence to question the law
* Direct and consolidate their knowledge: visually engaging
learning and self-testing features aid understanding and help
students tackle assessments with confidence * Elevate their
learning: with the ground-work in place you can aspire to take
learning to the next level, the authors provide direction on going
further Digital formats and resources The seventh edition is
available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of
formats, and is supported by online resources. * The e-book offers
a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality
tools, navigation features * Three video lectures presented by Gary
Watt introduce key areas of debate within the subject * General
guidance on answering essay questions and problem scenarios *
Sample essay questions and problem scenarios, along with answer
guidance * Web links to further primary sources and commentary to
aid understanding * Flashcard glossary to help test knowledge of
key terms * Self-test questions per chapter with instance feedback
This book presents a comprehensive legal and constitutional study
of emergency powers from a comparative common law perspective. It
is one of very few comparative studies on three jurisdictions and
arguably the first one to explore in detail various emergency
powers, statutory and common law, constitutional and statutory law,
martial law and military acting-in-aid of civil authority, wartime
and peacetime invocations, and several related and vital themes
like judicial review of emergency powers (existence, scope and
degree). The three jurisdictions compared here are: the pure
implied common law model (employed by the UK), implied
constitutional model (employed by the USA) and the explicit
constitutional model (employed by India). The book's content has
important implications, as these three jurisdictions collectively
cover the largest population within the common law world, and also
provide maximum representative diversity. The book covers the
various positions on external emergencies as opposed to internal
emergencies, economic/financial emergencies, and emergent inroads
being made into state autonomy by the central or federal
governments, through use of powers like Article 356 of the Indian
Constitution. By providing a detailed examination of the law and
practice of emergency powers, the book shares a wealth of valuable
insights. Specific sub-chapters address questions like - what is
the true meaning of 'martial law'; who can invoke 'martial law';
when can it be invoked and suspended; what happens when the
military is called in to aid civilian authorities; can martial law
be deemed to exist or coexist when this happens; what are the
limits on state powers when an economic emergency is declared; and,
above all, can, and if so, when and how should courts judicially
review emergency powers? These and several other questions are
asked and answered in this study. Though several checks and
constraints have been devised regarding the scope and extent of
'emergency powers,' these powers are still prone to misuse, as all
vast powers are. A study of the legal propositions on this subject,
especially from a comparative perspective, is valuable for any body
politic that aspires to practice democracy, while also allowing
constitutionally controlled aberrations to protect that democracy.
This book compares trust and patrimony laws in England, Scotland,
Quebec and the Netherlands. The volume explores the multiple ways
in which the private law concepts of trust and patrimony interact
in various jurisdictions, with a view to advancing the
understanding of the trust as a fundamental legal concept. The
authors investigate whether the common law trust could be
understood as a civil law patrimony by appropriation, and whether
civil law and mixed traditions could create local versions of the
common law trust using patrimony as the main conceptual building
block. The first comparative law book addressing the relation
between trust and patrimony from a comparative and trans systemic
perspective; It focuses on the private law of England, Scotland,
Quebec and the Netherlands and includes both new and important
previously published papers written by distinguished comparative
law scholars.
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