Charitable Endowment and Social Change: Cy-Près Orders and Schemes, 1837–1901. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mitchell, Charles
• Is Part Of: Journal of legal history. Volume 41:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 29
• Page End: 59
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Law -- History -- Periodicals; 340.09
• DOI: 10.1080/01440365.2020.1731165
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0144-0365

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The article discusses the law governing cy-près applications of charitable endowment during the Victorian period and the institutional framework within which cy-près orders and schemes were made. Powers to make such orders and schemes were vested in the court of chancery and the charity commissioners, a body of administrative officials created in 1853. Some case-studies are undertaken, to gain a better understanding of the approaches taken by the court and the commissioners towards the making of orders and schemes and of their opinions regarding certain social, religious and political issues.