Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Contributors xi
6. Introduction 3
7. The Canadian Charitable Sector: An Overview 13
8. Empirical and Ethical Perspectives
9. Altruism in Comparative International Perspective 51
10. Altruism in Philosophical and Ethical Traditions: Two Views 87
11. Rational Voluntarism and the Charitable Sector 127
12. The Role of the Voluntary Sector in a Modern Welfare State 166
13. The Legal Meaning of Charity
14. The Federal Court of Appeal and the Legal Meaning of Charity: Review and Critique 219
15. Rethinking Public Benefit: The Definition of Charity in the Era of the Charter 251
16. The Doctrine of Political Purposes in the Law of Charities: A Conceptual Analysis 288
17. Religion, Charity, and the Charter of Rights 316
18. Charity and the Income Tax Act: The Supreme Court Speaks 343
19. Charity and Tax: Policy and Practice
20. Regulating Virtue: A Purposive Approach to the Administration of Charities 373
21. Charitable Contributions and the Personal Income Tax: Evaluating the Canadian Credit 407
22. The Tax Credit for Charitable Contributions: Giving Credit where None Is Due 457
23. Regulatory Challenges
24. The Regulation of Social Enterprise 485
25. Flirting with the Devil while Doing God’s Work: The Regulation of Charitable Fund-raising 511
26. Framing an Appropriate Corporate Law 547