The Law of charities / Peter Luxton.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Great Britain.

Charity laws and legislation -- Great Britain.

Cy-près doctrine.

1. The Shaping of charity law

2. The Advantages and disadvantages of charitable statues

3. Charities and taxation

II. The Meaning of charity

4. Charitable purposes

5. Benefit to a sufficient section of the community

6. Wholly and exclusively charitable

7. Political purposes and political activity

III. Legal structures and governance

8. Legal structures and the distribution of power

9. Trustees, committee members, and directors

IV. Supervision and control

10. The Charity commissioners

11. The Court's jurisdiction over charities

12. The Visitorial jurisdiction

13. Legal proceedings

14. Mediation and dispute resolution

V. Charity property

15. Cy-près and schemes

16. Charity investment

17. Dealings with land

18. Disclaimer of property and ex gratia payments

VI. Charitable giving and fund-raising

19. Charitable giving and taxation

20. Charities and trading

21. Regulation of fund-raising

22. Public charitable collections

23. Advertising and broadcast appeals

24. Lotteries, competitions, and amusements

25. Disaster funds

VII. Dissolution of charities

26. Dissolution of charities.

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