Technical Books

This note focus on aspects of equity and trusts in two specific contexts: commerce and the home. It will advance novel conceptual approaches to two significant arenas in which equitable doctrines like the trust are deployed.

With the merger of law and equity almost complete, the idea of equity as a special part of our legal system or a mode of decision making has fallen out of view. This Article argues that much of equity is best understood as performing a vital function. This PDF article covers the following topics related to Equity : Introduction, the Nature of Equitable Intervention, the Specialization of Law and Equity, Equity in Action, Equity Revisited.

This book navigates the foundational aspects of trusts certainty of intention, beneficiaries, and subject matter, from breach of trust to constructive trusts and trustees duties, it examines intricate scenarios and ethical dilemmas, exploring tracing, charities, and restitution, it offers diverse perspectives on rectifying injustices within legal constructs.

This note covers introduction to equity, Introduction to trusts, The three certaintie, Formalities, Constitution, Purpose trusts, Unincorporated associations, Secret trusts, Charitable trusts, Resulting and consulting trusts, Trusts for family home, Duties and powers, Fiduciary, Tracing, Equitable remedies and liability of strangers.

This volume in the Hamlyn Lecture series covers the concept of Man in the common Law, the Family, the political community and the law and conscience.

Lucid, accessible coverage, from a historical perspective, of liability, criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, contracts, successions, many other aspects of civil and criminal law. Indispensable reading for lawyers, political scientists, interested general readers.

This book covers the following topics: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Movement, Property Rights, Retrospective Laws, Fair Trial, Burden of Proof, The Privilege against Self-incrimination, Client Legal Privilege, Strict or Absolute Liability, Appeal from Acquittal, Procedural Fairness, Delegating Legislative Power, Authorising what would otherwise be a Tort, Executive Immunities, Judicial Review, Freedoms and Privilege.

The essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts, applying legal precedent to the facts before them. A decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the highest civil appeal court of the United Kingdom, is binding on every other court. Topics covered includes: Torts, Crimes, Contracts, The Law Of Persons, Adjective Law.

This book explains the following topics: Preservation of Life and Limb, Some Excerpts From History, Crimes Against the Person, International Wrong Always Condemned, Frauds, Victims Deceived, Attack Upon Rights of Property in Personality, Rights as Between Two Parties, Preservation of Security, Security in Preservation of Property, Interference With Freedom of Movement.

This book includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value to researchers of domestic and international law, government and politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and much more.

This note covers the following topics: Common law as opposed to statutory law and regulatory law, Common law legal systems as opposed to civil law legal systems, principles of common law, Medieval English common law, Influence of Roman law, Alternatives to common law systems, Common law legal systems in the present day, Common law national legal systems today, Early common law systems, Stages of common law trials.

This book goes on to discuss criminal law, torts, bails, possession and ownership, contracts, successions, and many other aspects of civil and criminal law.

This PDF covers topics related to Common Law and is a article that provides the first comprehensive review of the common law on state-officer immunities around 1871. In particular, it canvasses the four nineteenth century treatises that the Supreme Court consults in assessing officer immunities under the common law of 1871: Cooley�s 1879 Law of Torts, Bishop�s 1889 Commentaries on Non-contract Law, Mechem�s 1890 Law of Public Offices and Officers, and Throop�s 1892 Law Relating to Public Officers. Not only do these treatises collect many overlooked state common law precedents, but they rely heavily on the Supreme Court�s own, often ignored, nineteenth-century decisions.

This PDF covers the following topics related to The Common Law and Zambia : What is common law? , Justifications for the common law method , Precedent in Zambia, Stare decisis in Zambia's courts, The Zambian context , Suggestions for the future, Stare decisis and legal authority, Conclusion.

Advanced Business Law and the Legal Environment is an up-to-date textbook with coverage of legal and regulatory issues that are more technical than the topics in the authors' Foundations of Business Law and the Legal Environment. The chapters are organized in a logical manner which makes it easy to follow and the learning points at the beginning of each chapter make it easier to focus on particular areas when reading.