The Uses of the Dead Bruce Vigar Risk and Efficacy

Risk and Efficacy

The book offers a holistic approach to teaching

Written by David and Caroline Stafford

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The Uses of the Dead Bruce Vigar Risk and EfficacyCy pres doctrine, which allows the purpose of a failing or impractical charitable gift to be changed, has been understood since the eighteenth century as a medieval canon law principle, derived from Roman law, to rescue souls by making good their last charitable intentions. The Uses of the Dead offers an alternate origin story for this judicial power, grounded in modern, secular concerns. Posthumous gifts, which required no sacrifice during life, were