Equity：Second Edition

ThissecondeditionofSarahWorthington'sEquitymaintainstheclearambitionsofthefirst.Itsetsoutthebasicprinciplesofequity,andillustratesthembyreferencetocommercialanddomesticexamplesoftheiroperation.Thebookcomprehensivelyandsuccinctlydescribestheroleofequityincreatinganddevelopingrightsandobligations,remediesandproceduresthatdifferinimportantwaysfromthoseprovidedbythecommonlawitself.Worthingtondeliversacompletereworkingofthematerialtraditionallydescribedasequity.Indoingthis,sheprovidesathoroughexaminationofthefundamentalprinciplesunderpinningequity'smostsignificantincursionsintothemodernlawofproperty,contract,tort,andunjustenrichment.Inaddition,sheexposesthepossibilities,andtheneed,forcoherentsubstantiveintegrationofcommonlawandequity.Suchintegrationsheperceivesascrucialtothecontinuingsuccessofthemoderncommonlawlegalsystem.Thisbookprovidesanaccessibleandelementaryexplorationofequity'splaceinourmodernlegalsystem,whilstalsotacklingthemosttaxingandcontroversialquestionswhichourdualsystemoflawandequityraises.