Charity Law and the Liberal State

Matthew Harding author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:9th Oct '14

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The first sustained consideration of the law of charity from a liberal philosophical perspective.

Informed by liberal philosophical commitments and of interest to both charity lawyers and political philosophers, Charity Law and the Liberal State considers the questions relating to state action and public discourse that are raised by the law of charity.Charity Law and the Liberal State considers questions relating to state action and public discourse that are raised by the law of charity. Informed by liberal philosophical commitments and of interest to both charity lawyers and political philosophers, it addresses themes and topics such as: the justifiability of the state's non-neutral promotion of charitable purposes; the role of altruism in charity law; charity law, the tax system and the demands of distributive justice; the proper treatment of religious and political purposes in charity law; and the appropriate response of the liberal state to discrimination in the pursuit of charitable purposes.

ISBN: 9781107022331

Dimensions: 233mm x 156mm x 18mm

Weight: 500g

272 pages