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Doctors’ Commons: the Civilians’ Influence on Equity and Trusts

Lloyd Brown

Trusts & Trustees, Volume: 29, Issue: 9, Pages: 769 - 777

Swansea University Author: Lloyd Brown

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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/tandt/ttad065

Abstract

The core of this article lies in its broad examination of the influence that civil law and the now defunct Doctors’ Commons may have had on equity and trusts. Doctors’ Commons was like an Inn of Court for civil lawyers based in England. Historically, these civilian practitioners had a monopoly over...

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Published in: Trusts & Trustees
ISSN: 1363-1780 1752-2110
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2023
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64352
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Abstract: The core of this article lies in its broad examination of the influence that civil law and the now defunct Doctors’ Commons may have had on equity and trusts. Doctors’ Commons was like an Inn of Court for civil lawyers based in England. Historically, these civilian practitioners had a monopoly over certain legal jurisdictions, including wills and probate. To show the civilians’ influence, this article examines Doctors’ Commons’ dominion over the proving of wills. It further looks at the civil law’s possible development of equity’s core concepts, with a specific focus on the Graeco-Roman concept of “conscience”.
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Issue: 9
Start Page: 769
End Page: 777