Product Description

The Core Text Series takes the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing a reliable and invaluable guide for students of law at all levels. Written by leading academics and renowned for their clarity, these concise texts explain the intellectual challenges of each area of the law. Lively and engaging, The Law of Trusts Core Text is an accessible read that does not skirt around complex or difficult issues. James Penner provides perceptive analysis and original and thought-provoking commentary to give students an excellent grounding in what is considered to be a difficult subject.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #219520 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 492 pages

About the Author
J. E. Penner, Senior Lecturer in Law, London School of Economics

Customer Reviews

Excellent analysis and very useful
This is a clear and informative guide to the law of trusts that is written in a far more accessible style than most trusts textbooks.

The night before my Equity exam at university, I glanced through this book (in quite a state of desperation!) and found clear, concise explanations to several concepts I had been unable to fathom all year. For a full explanation of the law, you may wish to turn to a weightier tome, but if you want to understand the key principles of trusts at degree level and have a reasonably short time to do it in, this probably your best option - it has just about the right level of detail to help you get to grips with stuff you will hopefully have time to read in more detail later...

Penner's style makes the book both straightforward and interesting (not an easy task when dealing with this area of the law!) and puts this text in the realms of the very, very useful.

Excellent bird's eye view of the law of trusts
Reading Penner is like reading a storybook. At some points, the reader might even forget that he/she is reading something that has heavy academic weight. Penner presents his materials in a breezy, easy to understand manner to those who are newcomers to the law of trust. This book is indispensible for anyone wishing to do well in the trusts exams, so get one before you regret it.

confusing, contradictory, and time consuming. an utter waste of money and shelf space.
This book is one that contradicts itself several times on the same page. If you can make sense of any of it you deserve to be awarded in some way. It is most certainly not to be recommended to those wishing to get a grasp of "the law of trusts". The book may rather be for the philosophically minded, looking to divulge in the inaccuracy of the terminology used and the endless contradictions. The simplistic and rather pointless humor in the book reveals the perceivably arrogant nature of the author. Irritation and increased substance consumption of some sort may be two very likely results of attempting to read this book. I recommend you to wikipedia the information instead.