1st Edition
The Modern Cy-près Doctrine Applications and Implications
By Rachael Mulheron
Copyright 2006
400 Pages
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Routledge-Cavendish
400 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
400 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
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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.
The doctrine decrees that, when literal compliance is impossible or infeasible, the intention of a donor or testator should be... Read more
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?
Biography
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).
"The Modern Cy-Près Doctrine [is] a useful and relevant reference text for class action practitioners... [and] a useful guide to anyone objecting to a proposed cy-près scheme or wanting to suggest improvements to it." - The Canadian Class Action Review, vol. 4 no. 1, July 2007
