The Law of Loyalty

Author:   Lionel Smith (Downing Professor of the Laws of England, Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780197664582


Pages:   496
Publication Date:   07 November 2023
Format:   Hardback
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The Law of Loyalty is a study of the principles governing the use of legal powers that are held for other-regarding ends. It addresses both public law and private law, and examines both the common law and the civil law. It aims to provide a theory of how Western law regulates the situations in which we hold legal powers, not for ourselves, but for and on behalf of others. It does this by elucidating the justificatory principles that are attracted in those situations. These principles include that other-regarding powers can only properly be used for the purposes for which they were granted; that they should not be used when the holder is in a conflict of self-interest and duty, or a conflict of duty and duty; and that the holder is presumptively accountable for any profits extracted from the other-regarding role. These principles stand behind the detailed legal rules that govern these relationships in multiple legal systems and in multiple public and private settings. In private law this includes the powers of trustees, corporate directors, agents and mandataries; in public law it includes all powers held for public purposes, whether they be held by the Prime Minister, by a police officer, or by a judge.

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Author:   Lionel Smith (Downing Professor of the Laws of England, Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 22.60cm , Height: 5.80cm , Length: 16.50cm
Weight:   0.839kg
ISBN:  

9780197664582


ISBN 10:   019766458
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   07 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Foundations PART II: ACTING FOR OTHERS IN PRIVATE LAW Chapter 2. Introduction PART II.A: THE CORE CASES OF PRIVATE LAW ADMINISTRATION Chapter 3. Loyalty in the Exercise of Private Law Powers of Administration Chapter 4. Conflicts in Relation to Private Law Administration Chapter 5. Attribution: Costs, Profits, and Information Chapter 6. Other Obligations of Private Law Administrators PART II.B: THE WIDENING REACH OF ADMINISTRATION IN PRIVATE LAW Chapter 7. The Widening Reach of Administration in Private Law PART II.C: THE ENFORCEMENT AND SUPERVISION OF PRIVATE ADMINISTRATION Chapter 8. The Enforcement and Supervision of Private Administration PART III: ACTING FOR OTHERS IN PUBLIC LAW Chapter 9. Foundations of Public Law Administration Chapter 10. The Enforcement and Supervision of Public Law Administration Chapter 11. Spheres of Public Law Administration PART IV: CONCLUSION 12. Conclusion

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If you have ever wondered about loyalty in both private and public law, or have wondered whether acting for others in a certain capacity has logic and unity, then this study is for you. * Zainab Zaeem, The Gazette * This magisterial treatise is unique, both in the range of coverage, which is vast, and in the boldness of its primary thesis. * Dr Nuncio D'Angelo, Australian Law Journal *


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Lionel Smith, Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge. Lionel Smith, BSc (Toronto), LLB (Western Ontario), LLM (Cantab), DPhil, MA, DCL (Oxon), LLB (Montréal) is Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College. He previously taught at the Universities of Alberta and Oxford before joining McGill University in 2000, where he was Sir William C Macdonald Professor of Law at McGill University from 2013-2022. Previously he was Director of the Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law and James McGill Professor. He is a Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and member of the American Law Institute, the European Law Institute, and the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, and is a non-practising member of the Bar of Alberta.

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