KnowraEquity (law)Linked fromLinked fromThe 21 pages that link to Equity (law), each with the reason it gives.All 21Broader topic 1Related 8Narrower topic 8Compared with 4Roman lawCompared with: Equitable remedies offer a useful comparison with praetorian adaptation of formal civil law.Common lawRelated: Equity developed alongside common law and later became part of the same court system.RestitutionNarrower topic: Equitable doctrines provide some routes for restitution beyond ordinary damages.Civil procedureRelated: The historical division between law and equity influenced remedies and court procedure.InjunctionNarrower topic: Injunctions developed as a characteristic remedy of courts exercising equitable powers.CovertureRelated: Equity sometimes protected a wife’s property through devices that common law did not recognize.Specific performanceNarrower topic: The remedy’s discretionary character reflects equity’s historical role in supplementing damages.Legal certaintyCompared with: Equitable flexibility can temper the strict predictability sought by settled rules.English lawBroader topic: Equity supplies doctrines and remedies that common-law courts once lacked.English Court of ChanceryNarrower topic: Chancery was the English court in which equitable principles were chiefly administered.Equitable remedyNarrower topic: Equitable remedies arise from this body of principles and its limits on judicial discretion.TortCompared with: Injunctions can address tortious conduct when money damages are inadequate.Private lawRelated: Equitable remedies address private-law situations where ordinary damages do not suffice.Law of obligationsCompared with: Equitable doctrines address obligations and remedies through a distinct historical framework.Procedural lawRelated: Equitable remedies depend on procedural doctrines governing court discretion and requests for relief.Spirit of the lawRelated: Fairness may overlap with purpose, but equity is a distinct source of legal principles.Court of equityNarrower topic: A court of equity is an institution for administering this broader body of law.David Dudley Field IIRelated: Field’s reforms sought to merge the separate administration of law and equity in New York.EstoppelNarrower topic: Many estoppel doctrines developed as equitable limits on rigid legal rights.Legal fictionRelated: Equitable fictions historically allowed courts to provide remedies without directly discarding established forms.Tom DenningNarrower topic: Denning often invoked equitable reasoning to soften strict contractual outcomes.
KnowraEquity (law)Linked fromLinked fromThe 21 pages that link to Equity (law), each with the reason it gives.All 21Broader topic 1Related 8Narrower topic 8Compared with 4Roman lawCompared with: Equitable remedies offer a useful comparison with praetorian adaptation of formal civil law.Common lawRelated: Equity developed alongside common law and later became part of the same court system.RestitutionNarrower topic: Equitable doctrines provide some routes for restitution beyond ordinary damages.Civil procedureRelated: The historical division between law and equity influenced remedies and court procedure.InjunctionNarrower topic: Injunctions developed as a characteristic remedy of courts exercising equitable powers.CovertureRelated: Equity sometimes protected a wife’s property through devices that common law did not recognize.Specific performanceNarrower topic: The remedy’s discretionary character reflects equity’s historical role in supplementing damages.Legal certaintyCompared with: Equitable flexibility can temper the strict predictability sought by settled rules.English lawBroader topic: Equity supplies doctrines and remedies that common-law courts once lacked.English Court of ChanceryNarrower topic: Chancery was the English court in which equitable principles were chiefly administered.Equitable remedyNarrower topic: Equitable remedies arise from this body of principles and its limits on judicial discretion.TortCompared with: Injunctions can address tortious conduct when money damages are inadequate.Private lawRelated: Equitable remedies address private-law situations where ordinary damages do not suffice.Law of obligationsCompared with: Equitable doctrines address obligations and remedies through a distinct historical framework.Procedural lawRelated: Equitable remedies depend on procedural doctrines governing court discretion and requests for relief.Spirit of the lawRelated: Fairness may overlap with purpose, but equity is a distinct source of legal principles.Court of equityNarrower topic: A court of equity is an institution for administering this broader body of law.David Dudley Field IIRelated: Field’s reforms sought to merge the separate administration of law and equity in New York.EstoppelNarrower topic: Many estoppel doctrines developed as equitable limits on rigid legal rights.Legal fictionRelated: Equitable fictions historically allowed courts to provide remedies without directly discarding established forms.Tom DenningNarrower topic: Denning often invoked equitable reasoning to soften strict contractual outcomes.