
Title : The Modern Law of Trusts
Author : David B. Parker
Rating : 1 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Who is this book written for?
This book is written in the style of a friendly guide to law rather than a textbook. This creates confusion as the book sets out to discuss in detail problems with trusts in the English common law but does so in a fudgy you know what I mean kind of a way. Discussion centres around conceptual, more abstract, aspects of trusts and equity but with inadequate reference to the technical nature of the law (you really need to be able to supply this for yourself). Worse still, Parker and Mellows do not address all issues relevant to law students and their tendancy to gloss over some of the more technical aspects of the law explains why their conclusions leave the reader feeling unsatisfied. I would only recommend this book to someone who has a good basic knowledge of trusts as a basis for discussion. It is not an accurate guide to the law and is likely to confuse the undergraduate and mentally damage the more general reader.

Title : Making Your Own Will: A Self-help Guide
Author : Gordon Bowley
Rating : 4 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Review of Making Your own Will
This book is thorough, detailed and comprehensive but at the same time easy to understand. It is full of sensible advise and not only points out problems but supplies practical solutions. The sample wills and documents are easy to use and well explained.
A very good buy.

Title : The Complete Book of Trusts
Author : Martin Shenkman
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : The Complete Book of Trusts is Complete!
Martin Shankman gives a very comprehensive and extremely detailed treatment of trusts in The Complete Book of Trusts. Marti gives numerous examples, suggested clauses, and pointers in how to best use trusts. Further, Marti gives the reader suggestions on how to broach certain estate planning and trust strategies subjects to one's attorney.
I must, in all fairness, say to the reader that this is not a book that will show you how to prapare your own trust. If the reader desires such a book, perhaps he/she should look elsewhere. There are quite a few books that will show the reader how to draft a legally valid living trust. I especially like the one published by Nolo Press which is available right here at amazon.com. However, if the reader would prefer to have a very broad, comprehensive, detailed and in-depth discussion of the subject of trusts, that is very readable and user-friendly, I would very highly recommend Marti Shankman's The Complete Book of Trusts without any reservation whatsoever.
In sum, The Complete Book of Trust is a great value. So, here is what I have to say: buy it; read it; and use it by bringing the subjects relevant to your own estate planning concerns, to your attorney's attention; so that you can accomplish your very own estate planning goals.
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Title : Commentary and Cases on the Law of Trusts and Equitable Remedies
Author : Joseph Arnold Nathan
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : The complete Trust textbook
Professor Hayton's book is the trust bible. It is thorough, challenging and will help develop an understanding of trusts which will be invaluable for the exam. If at times it is a difficult book it is only because trusts is a hard area of law. The great advantage of Hayton's book is that it is constantly predicting where the law is going and, given his influence in the world of equity, this is probably a self fulfilling prophesy! The materials are carefully selected and explained. I would recomend supplementing the book with another, such as Parker and Mellows. Hayton is infinitely more thought provoking but a lighter trusts guide will perhaps enable the reader to understand Hayton better. Having used Hayton all year I believe my mind has developed as a result of the book and I can appraoch the exams with confidence! Remember, there are no short cuts with trust law. This is not poncing around on the periphery with human rights and so forth but it is the cold black and white ink of the law. And no-one in the world knows more about trusts than David Hayton, so buy this book!

Title : Immortality Made Easy: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Wills, Trusts, Probate, Marriage and Foundations
Author : Paul Rampell
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Estate planning for the rest of us. Clear, concise witty.
This is the Harold and Maud of estate planning. A book about planning your own death that will make you laugh and that you can cuddle up to like a good novel.
Paul Rampell's Immortality Made Easy may be the first book on estate planning written by an attorney with a sense of humor. It is cartoon-simple and filled with heart. Every page speaks to the real concerns about planning for loved ones that most of us harbor, but never fully address. It brings a complex area of law to a human level. Halos to Immortality Made Easy.
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Title : Land Law (Butterworths Core Texts S.)
Author : K.J. Gray
Rating : 4 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Butterworths core test on land law (2nd series)
Really good book and I found it easy to understand and it made land law as entertaining as it could be. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone doing a land law module!!!
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Title : Understanding Living Trusts: How You Can Avoid Probate, Save Taxes and Enjoy Peace of Mind
Author : Vickie Schumacher
Rating : 5 Stars out of 5.
Summary : Well worth reading
This book fully explaines it all. I got a trust through a lawyer and it was just as this book says. There are diagrams to show and the language is very easy to understand.