title: Needed: model law on the charitable corporation.
abstract: Nearly a dozen years ago, the McGrath Thesis stimulated controversy about Catholic corporations as property owners. Though no court has ever ruled that a charitable corporation's control is vested in the general public, institutions should understand state and federal laws that affect both property ownership and its dissolution.
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D002608:Charities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005376:Financial Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005653:Fund Raising / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006761:Hospitals; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D007087:Illinois; D010067:Ownership / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities