Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Express Tr Format: Hardback

Trust law is one of the most important innovations of the law of equity. This volume explores foundational questions and key issues underlying the law of trust, including the rights of trustees, the risk of abuse, and trusts as objects of justification. Written by a team of leading scholars, this is a major contribution to the study of private law.

Simone Degeling, Professor of Law at UNSW Law, Australia, UNSW Law, Australia,Jessica Hudson, Associate Professor in Law at UNSW Law, Australia, UNSW Law, Australia,Irit Samet, Professor in The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London

Simone Degeling is a Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her main research interests are in private law specialising in equity & trusts, private law theory, remedies, the law of restitution and unjust enrichment, and the intersection of civil procedure and private law doctrine. Simone is a Fellow of The Australian Academy of Law and the General Editor of the Journal of Equity.


Jessica Hudson is an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia, teaching and researching in private law with particular interest in equity and trusts, powers, restitution, and private law theory.

Irit Samet is a Professor in The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, which she joined in 2008 after teaching in Oxford and Essex. Irit's main research interests lie in the areas of equity, property law, theory of private law, and ethics. Her monograph on the normative foundations of the law of equity was published by OUP in 2018. Irit has also published numerous papers in peer review journals, as well as in edited collections including Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law (2014) and Philosophical Foundations of Property Law (2013).