Equity – law and idea
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 A plurality of worlds
    • 1.1 The foundations of equity
  • 2 Equity at the dawn of modernity
    • 2.1 The Reformation and its impact
    • 2.2 The classical and decadent eras
  • 3 The burden of justice, the burden of equity
    • 3.1 Equity, capitalism, justice and opportunism
    • 3.2 Laissez-faire capitalism
    • 3.3 Imagining better law and better life
      • 3.3.1 Equity’s purpose reconsidered
      • 3.3.2 Utopians and anarchists
  • 4 Equity as a wealth generator: the background
    • 4.1 The roots of equity’s changing role
    • 4.2 Equity as opportunism: creating the ‘right place and the right time’
    • 4.3 Is it still possible to reconcile law and idea?
  • Conclusion
  • Keep on learning
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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