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Product Description Equity is traditionally, if imprecisely, regarded as the 'conscience' of the law. Despite this, there is no English textbook on general equitable principles. The emphasis has instead been on providing detailed and sophisticated descriptions of the law of trusts. The role of equity, and itsrelationship with the common law rules of contract, restitution, and property, are matters on which opinion is sharply divided.Sarah Worthington's new book provides an outline of the basic principles of equity, illustrated by historical and contemporary examples of equity's operation. It considers equity's role in creating different rights and obligations, different remedies, and different procedures from those providedby the common law itself. In doing this, the overriding aim is to delimit equity's modern role and its present relationship with other areas of the law. The book presents a picture of equity's place within the common law, and describes in general terms how and why equity operates as it does. Review "...she writes in simple and meaningful terms (without being simplistic) and generally without sacrificing accuracy"Common Law World Review"...her analysis of the issues, is clear and crisp."Common Law World Review About the Author Sarah Worthington is Reader in Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to joining the LSE, she taught at Birkbeck College, London, and at the University of Melbourne.