A short & happy guide to the rule : the little book on perpetuities / Donald H. Gjerdingen.
2017
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Title
A short & happy guide to the rule : the little book on perpetuities / Donald H. Gjerdingen.
Imprint
St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2017]
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[St. Paul, Minnesota] : West Academic Publishing, [2017]
Description
1 online resource (xv, 148 pages).
Series
Short & happy law series.
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Study aids (West Academic Publishing)
Formatted Contents Note
The common-law rule against perpetuities
Introduction
The rule against perpetuities and legal common sense
Why the rule matters: the donative gene & future generations
The family that started it all
An interlude: personalities: John Chipman Gray
Gray's common-law rule: the nutshell
The cold heart of Gray's rule: two options & rules of thumb
Some common cases & some classic traps
A checklist, some problems, & some answers
A perpetuities miscellany: some advanced topics
An interlude: personalities: Barton Leach
Reforms generally: reformation, & wait-and-see
The age of statutory reform
Congress, taxes, and abolition of the rule: the Humpty-Dumpty world of modern perpetuities
A few big ideas: the policies behind the rule
What would Nottingham say?
Introduction
The rule against perpetuities and legal common sense
Why the rule matters: the donative gene & future generations
The family that started it all
An interlude: personalities: John Chipman Gray
Gray's common-law rule: the nutshell
The cold heart of Gray's rule: two options & rules of thumb
Some common cases & some classic traps
A checklist, some problems, & some answers
A perpetuities miscellany: some advanced topics
An interlude: personalities: Barton Leach
Reforms generally: reformation, & wait-and-see
The age of statutory reform
Congress, taxes, and abolition of the rule: the Humpty-Dumpty world of modern perpetuities
A few big ideas: the policies behind the rule
What would Nottingham say?
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