Fiduciary law is one of the most important areas of private law, governing a wide range of relationships that affect people in their daily lives. These new and innovative essays explore the foundations of fiduciary relationships and the duties fiduciaries owe to their beneficiaries.

PART I. FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS ; PART II. FIDUCIARY DUTIES ; PART III. ECONOMIC THEORY: CONSTRUCTIVE AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ; PART IV. FIDUCIARY PRINCIPLES IN CONTEXT: PRIVATE LAW ; PART V. FIDUCIARY PRINCIPLES IN CONTEXT: PUBLIC LAW

`This edited collection brings together a number of leading scholars, one might say an all-star cast, to consider an area of law which, in recent years, has become increasingly topical. The editors are also admirably ambitious for the book, believing that it will âset the agenda for philosophical study of fiduciary law for generations to comeâ. Only the passage of time can vindicate that claim; but the coverage and quality of the collection go a long way to justifying such an expectation.' Daniel J Carr, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Law Review `A deep and wide-ranging exploration of fiduciary law by leading scholars from around the world. Anyone working in private or public law who is interested in fundamental questions associated with this topic-whether doctrinal, philosophical, or pragmatic-should start with this volume.' John Goldberg, Eli Goldston Professor of Law, Harvard Law School `This collection, made up of essays from eminent private law thinkers, is a landmark in the field. It both launches fiduciary theory as a serious academic project and constitutes perhaps the most important contribution to that project.' Matthew Harding, Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School `With the renewed interest in private law theory in the last decade, fiduciary obligations have emerged as an especially fertile area of study. As these obligations appear in so many areas of law - from corporate law to family law to the law of trusts - it can be it difficult to get a view of the whole. The chapters in Gold and Miller's volume provide just that. Individually, the contributions advance our understanding of fiduciary law in multiple directions. Taken together, they provide an excellent introduction to fiduciary law as a whole, to the various scholarly approaches to fiduciary obligations, and to the contemporary debates about their design, purpose and justification.' Gregory Klass, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

The first collection of philosophical essays examining the foundations of fiduciary law, a major branch of private law Addresses key questions of legal, moral and political philosophy, including principles of natural justice in international law and the conditions of legitimate exercise of state authority Sheds light on a foundational, critical field of law, establishing directions for future scholarship

Andrew Gold is a Professor at the DePaul University College of Law. His recent scholarship has focused on fiduciary theory, contract theory, civil recourse theory, and corrective justice. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, and an HLA Hart Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. He is also a co-founder of the North American Workshop on Private Law Theory. Paul B. Miller is Assistant Professor at the McGill University Faculty of Law. He is a philosopher of private law concentrating on fiduciary law, trusts, corporate law, and the law of unincorporated organizations. He formerly served as a law clerk to the Hon. Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada and taught law at Queen's University. He is also a co-founder of the North American Workshop on Private Law Theory.

The first collection of philosophical essays examining the foundations of fiduciary law, a major branch of private law Addresses key questions of legal, moral and political philosophy, including principles of natural justice in international law and the conditions of legitimate exercise of state authority Sheds light on a foundational, critical field of law, establishing directions for future scholarship