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Charitable Trusts: A Comparative Study of India, United Kingdom and the United States


Tarun Jain


Supreme Court of India; London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE); National Law University Jodhpur (NLUJ)
June 2007


Abstract:     
Trusts are an important institution to be studied in law for various reasons. Both jurisprudentially as well as from a perspective of taxation, trusts affect the making of rules. From a practical perspective, trusts are also an essential attribute for people to make things work and charitable trusts are one such type of trust, which have become increasingly common in todays world.

This paper seeks to examine the position and legal standpoint of a charitable trust across India, United Kingdom and United States.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 14

Keywords: Charity, Trusts, Charitable Trusts

JEL Classification: K11, K49

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Date posted: January 26, 2008  

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Jain, Tarun, Charitable Trusts: A Comparative Study of India, United Kingdom and the United States (June 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1087341 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1087341

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Tarun Jain (Contact Author)
Supreme Court of India ( email )
New Delhi
India
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
London
United Kingdom
National Law University Jodhpur (NLUJ)
Jodhpur
India
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