Equity: Doctrines and Remedies
Equity: Doctrines and Remedies is a scholarly legal textbook originally composed by three Australian judges, Roderick Meagher, William Gummow and John Lehane. It is the preeminent publication on Equity in both Australia[1] and England.[2]
The book is now in its fifth edition, published in 2014. The current authors are Dyson Heydon QC, formerly a Justice of the High Court of Australia, Justice Mark Leeming, of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, and Dr Peter Turner, of the Cambridge University Faculty of Law.
The book is divided into the following parts:
- The Background of Equity
- The Basic Concepts of Equity
- Assurances and Assignments
- Unconscionable Transactions
- Remedies
- Deceased Estates
- Equitable Defences
- Miscellaneous Doctrines
Publishing details
- Meagher, R. P., Gummow, W.M.C., Lehane, J.R.F. (1984 ed) Equity, doctrines and remedies Sydney : Butterworths. ISBN 0-409-49152-7