Charity Law Today
About This Course
At the end of the course, participants would be able to:
1. describe and explain the key components of charity law across the common law world;
2. describe and explain the key implications of charity status, in tax law, regulatory law and other bodies of law;
3. develop an awareness and understanding of key questions raised by charity law and regulation in contemporary settings;
4. be familiar with and apply jurisprudence in charity law, including the heads of charity, the public benefit requirement, and disqualifying rules; and
5. demonstrate awareness and understanding of how charity law has evolved over time and the roles played in it by statute law, judge-made law and regulatory design and practice.
What You'll Learn
This course will look in depth at the content of charity law, the consequences of charity status, and key questions raised by charity law and regulation, in contemporary settings across the world. Topics will include the profile and value of the charity sector; the 'heads' of charity; the public benefit requirement of charity law; charity law's treatment of political purposes; the sources of charity law; the tax treatment of charities; charitable trusts and discrimination; and the regulation of charities. Singapore's charity law will be considered in global perspective. This course will not consider the treatment of charity in Islamic law.
Entry Requirements
A good Bachelor's or Juris Doctor degree in Law