Philosophical foundations of fiduciary law
Gold, Andrew S.Contributor
Gold, Andrew S.Editor
Miller, Paul BContributor
Miller, Paul BEditor
Fiduciary law is one of the most important areas of private law, governing a wide range of relationships that affect people in their daily lives. These new and innovative essays explore the foundations of fiduciary relationships and the duties fiduciaries owe to their beneficiaries.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fiduciary law is one of the most important areas of private law, governing a wide range of relationships that affect people in their daily lives. These new and innovative essays explore the foundations of fiduciary relationships and the duties fiduciaries owe to their beneficiaries.
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The role of status in the law of obligations : lessons for fiduciary duties / The Hon. Justice James Edelman -- Ascribing and limiting fiduciary obligations : understanding the operation of consent / Joshua Getzler -- The fiduciary relationship / Paul B. Miller -- Managing our money : the law of financial fiduciaries as a private law institution / Hanoch Dagan and Sharon Hannes -- Fiduciary loyalty as Kantian virtue / Irit Samet -- Can we be obliged to be selfless? / Lionel D. Smith -- Is loyalty a virtue, and even if it is, does it really help explain fiduciary liability? / J.E. Penner -- The loyalties of fiduciary law / Andrew S. Gold -- An economic theory of fiduciary law / Robert H. Sitkoff -- Sharing ex ante and ex post : the non-contractual basis of fiduciary relations / Daniel Markovits -- Knowledge in fiduciary relations / Richard R.W. Brooks -- How to water down fiduciary duties / Tamar Frankel -- Why fiduciary law is equitable / Henry Smith -- Virtue and utility : fiduciary law in civil law and common law jurisdictions / Michele Graziadei -- Constituency directors and corporate fiduciary duties / Martin Gelter and Geneviève Helleringer -- The fiduciary character of agency and the interpretation of instructions / Deborah A. DeMott -- On trust and transubstantiation : mitigating the excesses of ownership / Avihay Dorfman -- Fiduciary authority and the service conception / Evan Fox-Decent -- Mapping public fiduciary relationships / Ethan J. Leib, David L. Ponet, and Michael Serota -- A sacred trust of civilization : fiduciary foundations of international law / Evan J. Criddle.
Trusts and trustees
Law, Politics & Government
Law, General & Comparative