Foundations of Charity

by Charles Mitchell (Editor), Susan Moody (Editor)

Overview

Based on papers given at a conference at King's College,London, in 1998, Foundations of Charity brings together established scholarsin the fields of charity law, public law, and trusts law, and internationally recognized writers on social policy and legal philosophy, from England and Wales, Scotland, Australia, Canada and the United States. The contributors take an iconoclastic approach to the legal definition of charitable status, and provide an in-depth analysis of key concepts in charity law and administration, such as 'public benefit'and 'political activity'. The combination of their different perspectives on 'charity' produces a varied, stimulating, and challenging collection. It will be essential reading for academics, practising lawyers and voluntary sector managers who are looking for a sustained critique of 'charity'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841131306
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/16/2000
Pages:	291
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Sue Moody is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Dundee.

Table of Contents

	Notes on Contributors	xv
1	The Virtue of Charity and its Foils	1
2	Rescuing Charity	29
3	Charity Law as a Political Option for the Poor	57
4	Self Giving in "Charity": The Role of Law	79
5	Charity Law and the Public/Private Distinction	111
6	Problems with Presbyterians: Prolegomena to a Theory of Voluntary Associations and the Liberal State	125
7	Reviewing the Register	175
8	Public Benefit Versus Charity: A Scottish Perspective	205
9	Foundations of Charity Law in the New Welfare State	249
	Index	271

Editorial Reviews

Foundations of Charity is to be welcomed as an initiative to broaden the debate regarding the place of charity in the society of the third millennium. Mitchell and Moody are to be congratulated for their initiative in disseminating to a wider audience this selection of interesting contributions made to a colloquium from leading British academics.” —Dublin University Law Jourbanal

“They serve their intended audience, lawmakers and practitioners in the not-for-profit sector, well.” —The Law and Politics Book Review

From the Publisher

The editors note that it has been nearly 400 years since England first legally defined charity. In nine papers based on a 1998 conference at King's College London, where Mitchell is based, contributors from the UK, North America, and Australia reappraise the legal definitions and key concepts in charity law and administration such as "public benefit" and "political activity" in the modern context of the Welfare State, globalization, and new service demands on the voluntary sector. How apt that someone named Lord Goodhart supplies the preface. Moody is a founder member of the Charity Law Research Unit at the U. of Dundee. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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