The dead hand : addresses on the subject of endowments and settlements of property / by Sir Arthur Hobhouse, Q.C. K.C.S.I.

Author:: Hobhouse, Arthur Hobhouse, Baron, 1819-1904
Published:: London : Chatto & Windus, 1880.
London : Printed by Spottiswoode and Co.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages)

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Contents:

The characteristics of charitable foundations in England -- On the authority accorded to founders of endowments -- On the disposition of property to public uses -- The property of married women -- The devolution and transfer of land -- The bearing of eleëmosynary endowments on pauperism -- The adjustment of charitable endowments to the needs of the times.

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"Mostly reprinted, by permission of the Council, from the Transactions of the Social Science Association." -- Title page verso.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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