Common law doctrine states that although there are many similarities, the estate of a deceased person is not a trust. The doctrine is unclear, however, as to exactly what are the differences, or why they exist. This paper begins by explaining the conceptual differences between a common law...

Holders of public office, whether elected or not, exercise a range of legal powers, and it would seem to go without saying that they should do so in the public interest. There have always been opportunities to misuse such powers and, what is a separate but overlapping problem, to extract...