Estates category: 175 books

Always the serious student's choice of a Trusts Law textbook, this new edition once again provides a clear examination of the rules in the detail required by the advanced undergraduate. This fifth edition retains its hallmark combination of a contextualized approach and a commercial focus. The authors'...

Recent leading cases have demonstrated the urgent need to modernize the learning on breach of trust,which has lagged behind the flourishing scholarship on the creation of trusts. Since breach of trust or fiduciary duty occupies the centre of the legal stage, it comes as a surprise that, although one...

A comprehensive, stimulating introduction to trusts law, which provides readers with a clear conceptual framework to aid understanding of this challenging area of the law. Aimed at readers studying trusts at an undergraduate level, it provides a succinct and enlightening account of this area of the...

This second edition of Sarah Worthington's Equity maintains the clear ambitions of the first. It sets out the basic principles of equity, and illustrates them by reference to commercial and domestic examples of their operation. The book comprehensively and succinctly describes the role of equity in...

“Revising with this series is like having a tutor there...” Mariette Jones, Middlesex University   Maximise your marks for every answer you write with Law Express Question and Answer. This series is designed to help you understand what examiners are looking for, focus on...

When anyone thinks about trust or wills, they think everything will go smoothly, no one will have a problem, and our closest relatives and loved ones will respect our wishes.  STOP THOSE THOUGHTS!This book is about what people do once money and greed take over.  Some stories will amaze you,...

The Nine Steps to a Complete Estate Plan is a comprehensive reference source for any adviser wanting to deliver client focused solutions in the area.A methodical, plain English drafting approach and a generous use of practical examples help to ensure the book is user friendly. The book also includes...

JACK'S HANDY GUIDE TO TRUSTS--Staying Out of Court is intended for everyday people who become nominated as trustees or designated as beneficiaries of a trust in California.  Easy to draft but difficult to administer, living trusts (so-called "inter-vivos" trusts) can efficiently implement...

For many years, life insurance was considered one of the most ethical and stable financial services businesses. But, following the introduction of flexible premium non-guaranteed death benefit products in the early 1980s, this reputation gradually changed. Today there is a life insurance policy crisis...

Despite the common belief that they are found only in the common law tradition, trusts have long been known in mixed jurisdictions even where they have a civilian law of property. Trusts have now been introduced by legislation in a number of civilian jurisdictions, such as France and China. Other...

In every hour of each day, savvy real estate investors are accumulating vast fortunes buying foreclosed homes at bank foreclosures, pre-foreclosures, and foreclosure auctions. There is an estimated 1 million plus homes in some stage of foreclosure annually.

Constructive and resulting trusts have a long history in English law, and the law which governs them continues to develop as they are pressed into service to perform a wide variety of different functions, for example, to support the working of express trusts and other fiduciary relationships, to allocate...

Inspired by recent debate, the purpose of this collection of essays on private law doctrines, remedies and methods is to celebrate and illustrate the contribution that both 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' methods of reasoning make to the development of private law. The contributors explore a variety of...

Les Éditions Anthemis vous proposent un outil complet pour comprendre les relations et responsabilités de chacun des acteurs de l’immobilierLa (co)propriété immobilière et les opérations juridiques qui y sont liées font intervenir divers acteurs dont la mission et les responsabilités doivent...