Law & Equity

Egbert Koops, Ph.D. (2010), Leiden University, is Assistant Professor of Property Law at University of Groningen. He has published a monograph in Dutch on the history of security interests and has co-edited two previous books. Willem Zwalve, Ph.D. (1981), University of Groningen, is Professor of Legal History at Leiden University and Professor of Anglo-American Private Law at University of Groningen. He was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.

Preface
Note on the Authors
List of Abbreviations

I. INTRODUCTION

Introduction: The Equity Phenomenon
W.J. Zwalve and E. Koops

II. EXTERNAL HISTORICAL ASPECTS

1. The Equity of the Law: Law and Equity since Justinian
W.J. Zwalve

2. The Equity of the Common Law Courts
P. Brand

3. A House Built on Sand: Equity in Early Modern English Law
D.J. Ibbetson

4. Arbitrary Chancellors and the Problem of Predictability
M. Macnair

III. SUBSTANTIVE ASPECTS

5. Equity’s Connivance in the Evasion of Legal Formalities
J. Cartwright

6. Ius Honorarium, Equity and Real Security: Parallel Lines of Legal Development
H.L.E. Verhagen

7. Rescission of Contracts: Was Roman Law more Consistent than English Law?
F. Brandsma

8. The Equity of D. 17,1,26,6: Liability of a Principal for Accidental Losses Suffered by his Agent
W.J. Zwalve

Index of Persons
Index of Sources