Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Matthew Harding -- A law and economics perspective on nonprofit organizations / Richard Steinberg and Brian Galle -- A primer on the neo-classical republican theory of the non-profit sector (and the other three sectors too) / Rob Atkinson -- A charity law perspective on a liberal perspective on charity law / Adam Parachin -- The not-for-profit sector: a roman Catholic view / Fr Brian Lucas -- An overview of the not-for-profit sector / Myles McGregor-Lowndes OAM -- The boundary between not-for-profits and government / Darryn Jensen -- The boundary between the not-for-profit and business sectors: social enterprise and hybrid models / Benjamin M Leff -- Donor intention and dialectic legal policy frames / John Picton -- Not-for-profit organisations, public law and private law / Kathryn Chan -- Not-for-profit organisations and equality law / François du Toit -- Charity law and freedom of political communication: the Australian experience / Jenny Beard -- Not-for-profit law and freedom of religion / Pauline Ridge -- The history and future of the law of charity / G E Dal Pont -- Charity in common law and civilian jurisdictions / Michael H Lubetsky -- The heads of charity in comparative perspective / Debra Morris -- Public benefit post-pemsel / Mary Synge -- Taxation and the not-for-profit sector globally: common issues, different solutions / Ann O'Connell -- Subsidizing charity liberally / Miranda Perry Fleischer -- Ways the charitable deduction has shaped the US charitable sector / Roger Colinvaux -- The major tax concessions granted to charities in Australia, New Zealand, England, the United States of America and Hong Kong: 'what lessons can we learn?' / Fiona Martin -- Reforming tax policy with respect to non-profit organisations / Evelyn Brody -- Principles of regulation of not-for-profits / Jonathan Garton -- Design and implementation of a charitable regulation regime / Brian Galle -- Redefining the measure of success: a historical and comparative look at charity regulation / Oonagh B Breen -- A regulator's view / Susan Pascoe AM.