The faithless fiduciary : and the quest for charitable accountability, 1200-2005 / James J. Fishman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fishman, James J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--England--History.

Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.

Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--United States--History.

Charities--Accounting--Law and legislation--England--History.

Charities.

Charities--Accounting--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Breach of trust--England--History.

Breach of trust.

Breach of trust--United States--History.

History.

Charities--Accounting.

United States.

England.

Physical Description:

xiv, 367 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2007]

Contents:

The fiduciary and accountability concepts

Some contemporary breaches of fiduciary responsibility

Philanthropy, opportunistic fiduciaries, and accountability in the Middle Ages

Changing notions of charity and the persistence of fiduciary misbehavior : the Reformation

The Post-Reformation period : the poor laws and the statute of charitable uses

Philanthropy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

The age of reform : charitable regulation in the nineteenth century

Charity scandal as a catalyst of literary imagination and legal change in nineteenth-century England

The charity commission in the later nineteenth century

The American experience

Twentieth-century changes in the nonprofit sector : federal regulation and oversight

A proposal to improve charitable accountability.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0890894965

9780890894965

OCLC:

66393131