Capitalism and the Equity Fetish: Desire, Property, Justice

Foreword

Chapter 1: Introduction

Why Equity?

Structure and scope

Method

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Setting the Scene

Introduction

The (ir)rational structure of law

Am I an Equity fetishist?

Chapter 3: Reform economics and the 'Plucked Rib' of Equity

Introduction

The pleasure, pain, and pannomion of Jeremy Bentham

The age of reform and capital

The age of Judicature

Chapter 4: The Road to Complete Justice

Introduction

Equity as a means to complete justice

Conclusion

Chapter 5: Stakeholders of Capitalism

Introduction

The stakeholder

Private property power

Trusts, securities and the fantasy of finding the lost object

Conclusion

Chapter 6: A Different Theory of Civil Justice

An introduction to Equity fetishism

The language of Equity

Freud with Marx

Chapter 7: Fetishism in Action

Introduction

Fetishism and ideology

Concepts in relation to fetishism

Chapter 8: Equity Fetishism

Introduction

Disavowal

Memorialization

Summary

Chapter 9: Neoliberalism & Equity Fetishism

The law of neoliberalism

Equity within neoliberal thought

Legal contortionism as neoliberal strategy

Conclusion

Chapter 10: Law and the Reality it Masks

Introduction

(In)competent justice

The politics of Equity

References

Index