Charitable Trusts: A Comparative Study of India, United Kingdom and the United States
14 Pages Posted: 26 Jan 2008
Date Written: 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.
Keywords: Charity, Trusts, Charitable Trusts
JEL Classification: K11, K49
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Jain, Tarun, Charitable Trusts: A Comparative Study of India, United Kingdom and the United States (June 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1087341 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1087341
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