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Contents
Author’s Preface
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1 Excursion
Equitable Reading
The Constancy of Remedial Equity
The ‘Science’ Fiction of Law
The Cultural Story of other Countries and other Worlds
Law, Humanities and the Humane
The Character of Equity
Multiple Meanings of Equity
Education
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2 In Chancery
Equity Captured in Chancery
The Earl of Oxford’s Case
In Fashion: Equity and the Problem of Precedent
The New Life of Equity
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3 Chancery Script
The Future of Chancery Language in English Law
Bending without Breaking
Chancery Language
Maxims
Chancery Doctrine
Equitable Remedies
Equitable Property
Trust
The Historical Development of the Trust
The Metaphysical Appeal of the Trust
Constructive Trust
Public Example and Private Equity
Mortgage
Conclusion
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4 Figuring Equity
General Law as Abstract Fiction
The Reductive Nature of Legal Abstraction
The Merit of Metaphor
Metaphor as Equitable Doctrine – the Example of Resulting Trust
Metaphors of Equity
Architectural Metaphors: Level Ground, Right Angles and the
Leaden Rule
The River of Justice
The Scales
The Personification of Equity
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5 The Equity of Esther Summerson
Esther and Summerson
The Fractured Canon and the Equity of the Book of Common Prayer
The Stereotype of Female Equity
Motive Moderation
Domestic Goddess
The Close of Esther’s Narrative
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6 Shakespeare’s Equity
Shakespeare’s Legal Language
Shakespeare and the ‘Equity’ Word
Falstaff and Equity – a Reinterpretation
Equity Stirring
To Catch and Keep the Conscience of the King
The Merchant of Venice
Measure for Measure
Shakespeare’s Impartiality
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7 Pretence of Equity
Outlaw Equity
House and Homecoming
Pretence of Equity
The Future
The Limit
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Index
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