Subjects:

Charities

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1: Philanthropy, Social Inclusion and the Law

1. The Gift Relationship: Charity and The Law

2. Philanthropy & the Challenge of Social Inclusion: the Contemporary Issues

Part 2: Charity Law: The Common Law Legacy

3. The Common Law: The Emergence of Principles, Structures and Legal Functions Relating to Charities

4. Alienation, Philanthropy and the Common Law

5. The Public Benefit Test and Social Inclusion: The Roles of Government and Charity in a Common Law Context

Part 3: Legal Rights & Functions: A Framework for Philanthropy

6. Legal Functions Relating to Social Inclusion in a Modern Regulatory Environment for Charities

7. International Benchmarks for Charity Law as it Relates to Social Inclusion

Part 4: Contemporary Law and Practice

8. Charity Law and Social Inclusion in England & Wales

9. Charity Law and Social Inclusion in Ireland

10. Charity Law and Social Inclusion in Australia

11. Charity Law and Social Inclusion in New Zealand

12. Charity Law and Social Inclusion in the United States

13. Charity Law and Social Inclusion in Canada.

Conclusion

Profiling national and international social inclusion agendas, Charity Law and Social Inclusion examines the fit between the charity law framework and the needs of the socially marginalized in some leading common law nations: the US, England and Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It:-

• examines the concepts of philanthropy, inclusion, alienation and justice
• considers the competing claims of philanthropy, legal rights and politics as appropriate methods of pursuing social justice
• explains how weaknesses in charity law obstructs philanthropic intervention
• makes recommendations for changes to the legal framework governing philanthropy.