Equity's concern for fairness can often invert it into its opposite. Courts of Equity - equity of redemption. English law

Equity's Concern for Fairness Can all Too Often Invert It Into Its Opposite. Equity by definition embodies a notion of 'fairness.' The Law of Equity, whose origins lie in the court of the Chancery, was conceived as a 'corrective system of justice, designed to supplement the common law by responding more flexibly and sensitively to the need for fair dealing and just outcomes '. The courts of Equity were able to remedy the sometimes …

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