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Book Title: Research Handbook on Not-For-Profit Law
Editor(s): Harding, Matthew
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781785369988
Section: Chapter 15
Section Title: The heads of charity in comparative perspective
Author(s): Morris, Debra
Number of pages: 20
Abstract/Description:
This chapter traces the development of the ‘heads’ of charity from Elizabethan times to the modern legislative restatements that may be found across the common law world. The chapter concentrates on three areas: the charitable status of religion; the charitable status of advancement of education; and the charitable status of sport. In relation to religion, the chapter contrasts the relatively accommodating approach in jurisdictions such as Australia and Ireland, with the more sceptical approach of England and Wales and Scotland. The treatment of education touches on the question whether independent schools should be recognized as charities even where their fees are unaffordable to the poor. The discussion of sport raises the question: why do countries with strong and enduring sporting traditions, such as Australia and New Zealand, nonetheless refuse to recognize the promotion of amateur sport as a type of charitable purpose?
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