Modernising Charity Law

Recent Developments and Future Directions

AvMyles McGregor-Lowndes,Kerry O’Halloran

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

In recent years the pressure for charity law reform has swept across the common law jurisdictions with differing results. Modernising Charity Law examines how the UK jurisdictions have enacted significant statutory reforms after many years of debate, whilst the federations of Canada and Australia seem merely to have intentions of reform. New Zealand and Singapore have begun their own reform journeys. This highly insightful book brings together perspectives from academics, regulators and practitioners from across the common law jurisdictions. The expert contributors consider the array of reforms to charity law and assess their relative successes. Particular attention is given to the controversial issues of expanded heads of charity, public benefit, religion, competition with business, government participation and regulation. The book concludes by challenging the very notion of charity as a foundation for societies which, faced by an array of global threats and the rising tide of human rights, must now also embrace the expanding notions of social capital, social entrepreneurism and civil society. This original and highly topical work will be a valuable resource for academics, regulators and legal practitioners as well as advanced and postgraduate students in law and public policy. Specialists in charity law, comparative law, and law and public policy should also not be without this important book.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-10-29
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781849802505

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Edited by Myles McGregor-Lowndes, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Kerry O’Halloran, formerly Assistant Director, Centre for Voluntary Action, University of Ulster, UK and Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Non-Profit Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

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‘Hard on the heels of a recent surge in charity-law reforms around the world comes this comprehensive volume of analysis and caution by leading academics and practitioners from many of the countries undergoing change. This timely and essential resource will not only aid those jurisdictions where welcome modernization has occurred, but also provide guidance and lessons for policy makers and scholars in Australia’s renewed push for reform - as well as in the United States, where serious debates are just starting.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents: Foreword IntroductionMyles McGregor-Lowndes PART I: THE CHARITY REFORM JOURNEY SINCE 20011. Charity Law Reforms: Overview of Progress Since 2001Kerry O’Halloran, Bob Wyatt, Laird Hunter, Michael Gousmett and Myles McGregor-Lowndes2. England and Wales: Pemsel PlusLindsay Driscoll3. Ireland: Pemsel PlusOonagh B. Breen PART II: BOUNDARIES4. Public Benefit: The Long and Winding Road to Reforming the Public Benefit Test for Charity: A Worthwhile Trip or ‘Is Your Journey Really Necessary?’Debra Morris5. Developing Issues in the Regulation of Public Benefit Organisations in Japan and ChinaKarla W. Simon6. Holding the Line: Regulatory Challenges in Ireland and England when Business and Charity CollideOonagh B. Breen7. Government–Charity BoundariesKerry O’Halloran 8. Religion as a Head of CharityBrian Lucas and Anne RobinsonPART III: THE FUTURE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS9. The Future of Civil Society Organisations: Towards a Theory of Regulation for Organised Civil SocietyJonathan Garton10. Modernising Charity Law: Steps to an Alternative Architecture for Common Law Charity JurisprudenceMatthew TurnourConclusionKerry O’HalloranIndex