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Legal Neutrality, Public Benefit and Religious Charitable Purposes: Making Sense of Thornton v Howe

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2010

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Ridge, Pauline

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Taylor & Francis Group

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Thornton v Howe (1862) concerned a trust to promote the works of Joanna Southcott, a millenarian prophetess. Sir John Romilly's assertion of legal neutrality towards religion sits uneasily with the outcome of the case, but a contextual study shows that Ro

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/38490

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ANU Research Publications

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Journal of Legal History

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Journal article

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10.1080/01440365.2010.496934

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2037-12-31

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