Gifts
Subtitle: a study in comparative law
By: Richard Hyland.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 730
ISBN-13: 9780195343366
Subjects: Gifts -- Law and legislation; Conflict of laws -- Gifts
Description: This is the first broad-based study of the law governing the giving and revocation of gifts ever attempted. It provides a view of the ways in which different civil and common law jurisdictions confront common issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The context of gift law; title: A flexible methodology for comparative law; title: The legal concept of the gift; title: Gift capacity; title: The gift promise; title: Making the gift; title: Revocation; title: The place of the gift in the private law.