Beginning with a general introduction on the rise and nature of equity, Principles of Equity is divided into three books. 'The Principles of Equity and Trusts' brings an engaging contextual approach to the subject.While divorce is a statutory action at law, it is of an equitable nature and tried according to equitable principles. Rooting antitrust in equity, rather than common law, offers a coherent explanation for the history of antitrust jurisprudence. The smaller States would never agree to the plan on any other principle than an equality of suffrage" in the Senate. As the authors point out, equity judges were not subscribers to the quaint common law fiction that the rules of law had survived from time. Luxembourg: Franklin Templeton International Services S.à r.l.