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Governance and Regulation of Charities
International and Comparative Perspectives
9781035310739 Edward Elgar Publishing
Adopting a critical multijurisdictional approach to charity law, this thought-provoking book provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges facing charitable organisations. Exploring the contrasting approaches to charity governance and regulation in both common law and civil law jurisdictions, the book imparts practical guidance for a vast array of stakeholders in the charity law field.
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Adopting a critical multijurisdictional approach to charity law, this thought-provoking book provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges facing charitable organisations. Exploring the contrasting approaches to charity governance and regulation in both common law and civil law jurisdictions, the book imparts practical guidance for a vast array of stakeholders in the charity law field.
Rosemary Teele Langford brings together unique perspectives from a diverse range of eminent scholars across the globe, presenting invaluable insights on charity governance and regulation from multiple jurisdictions such as England and Wales, Australia, Germany, Korea and Japan (to name a few). Using a comparative methodology, the book delves deeply into a number of important issues relating to charity governance and regulation that transcend national boundaries. Key themes include the nature of charity accountability, the importance of trust and transparency, the refocusing of charity governance duties, the evaluation of charity law frameworks and regulatory approaches, and a forward-thinking appraisal of legislative reforms.
Perceptive and progressive in approach, this book will inspire future scholarly discourse and will prove invaluable to academics, practitioners, regulators, charity leaders, policymakers and students across a number of jurisdictions.
Rosemary Teele Langford brings together unique perspectives from a diverse range of eminent scholars across the globe, presenting invaluable insights on charity governance and regulation from multiple jurisdictions such as England and Wales, Australia, Germany, Korea and Japan (to name a few). Using a comparative methodology, the book delves deeply into a number of important issues relating to charity governance and regulation that transcend national boundaries. Key themes include the nature of charity accountability, the importance of trust and transparency, the refocusing of charity governance duties, the evaluation of charity law frameworks and regulatory approaches, and a forward-thinking appraisal of legislative reforms.
Perceptive and progressive in approach, this book will inspire future scholarly discourse and will prove invaluable to academics, practitioners, regulators, charity leaders, policymakers and students across a number of jurisdictions.
Critical Acclaim
‘Governance and regulation of charities is a dynamic field that is rapidly changing on the ground and in scholarship. This work critically appraises the shifting ground of charity reforms in multiple jurisdictions and points to plausible understandings of these developments and where they are destined to lead us.’
– Myles Mcgregor-Lowndes, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
‘This important volume provides new and provocative perspectives on the governance and regulation of charities in comparative perspective. Lawyers, consultants, academics, students and others will find this an invaluable resource for understanding the complex world of charities and civil society within countries and across borders.’
– Mark Sidel, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
‘This volume provides a rich seedbed of ideas and analysis on the governance and regulation of charities.’
– Oonagh B Breen, University College Dublin, Ireland
– Myles Mcgregor-Lowndes, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
‘This important volume provides new and provocative perspectives on the governance and regulation of charities in comparative perspective. Lawyers, consultants, academics, students and others will find this an invaluable resource for understanding the complex world of charities and civil society within countries and across borders.’
– Mark Sidel, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
‘This volume provides a rich seedbed of ideas and analysis on the governance and regulation of charities.’
– Oonagh B Breen, University College Dublin, Ireland
Contributors
Contributors include: Susan Barker, Jackie Bettington, Oonagh B. Breen, Ashton Cook, M. Scott Donald, Matthew Harding, Rosemary Teele Langford, Kye Joung Lee, Rebecca Lee, Danielle Mawer, Debra Morris, Masayuki Tamaruya, Matthew Turnour, Birgit Weitemeyer
