diff --git a/Nustache.Core/LiteralText.cs b/Nustache.Core/LiteralText.cs
index 113bcd6..76fcbad 100644
--- a/Nustache.Core/LiteralText.cs
+++ b/Nustache.Core/LiteralText.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System;
+
 namespace Nustache.Core
 {
     public class LiteralText : Part
@@ -6,6 +8,11 @@ public class LiteralText : Part
 
         public LiteralText(string text)
         {
+            if (text == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("text");
+            }
+
             _text = text;
         }
 
@@ -16,13 +23,6 @@ public override void Render(RenderContext context)
 
         #region Boring stuff
 
-        public bool Equals(LiteralText other)
-        {
-            if (ReferenceEquals(null, other)) return false;
-            if (ReferenceEquals(this, other)) return true;
-            return Equals(other._text, _text);
-        }
-
         public override bool Equals(object obj)
         {
             if (ReferenceEquals(null, obj)) return false;
@@ -31,9 +31,16 @@ public override bool Equals(object obj)
             return Equals((LiteralText)obj);
         }
 
+        public bool Equals(LiteralText other)
+        {
+            if (ReferenceEquals(null, other)) return false;
+            if (ReferenceEquals(this, other)) return true;
+            return Equals(other._text, _text);
+        }
+
         public override int GetHashCode()
         {
-            return (_text != null ? _text.GetHashCode() : 0);
+            return _text.GetHashCode();
         }
 
         public override string ToString()
diff --git a/Nustache.Tests/Describe_LiteralText.cs b/Nustache.Tests/Describe_LiteralText.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ee4a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Nustache.Tests/Describe_LiteralText.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Nustache.Core;
+
+namespace Nustache.Tests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class Describe_LiteralText
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void It_cant_be_constructed_with_null_text()
+        {
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => new LiteralText(null));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void It_renders_its_text()
+        {
+            var a = new LiteralText("a");
+            var writer = new StringWriter();
+            var context = new RenderContext(null, null, writer, null);
+
+            a.Render(context);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("a", writer.GetStringBuilder().ToString());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void It_has_a_useful_Equals_method()
+        {
+            object a = new LiteralText("a");
+            object a2 = new LiteralText("a");
+            object b = new LiteralText("b");
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(a.Equals(a));
+            Assert.IsTrue(a.Equals(a2));
+            Assert.IsTrue(a2.Equals(a));
+            Assert.IsFalse(a.Equals(b));
+            Assert.IsFalse(a.Equals(null));
+            Assert.IsFalse(a.Equals("a"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void It_has_an_Equals_overload_for_other_LiteralText_objects()
+        {
+            var a = new LiteralText("a");
+            var a2 = new LiteralText("a");
+            var b = new LiteralText("b");
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(a.Equals(a));
+            Assert.IsTrue(a.Equals(a2));
+            Assert.IsTrue(a2.Equals(a));
+            Assert.IsFalse(a.Equals(b));
+            Assert.IsFalse(b.Equals(a));
+            Assert.IsFalse(a.Equals(null));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void It_has_a_useful_GetHashCode_method()
+        {
+            var a = new LiteralText("a");
+
+            Assert.AreNotEqual(0, a.GetHashCode());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void It_has_a_useful_ToString_method()
+        {
+            var a = new LiteralText("a");
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("LiteralText(\"a\")", a.ToString());
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Nustache.Tests/Nustache.Tests.csproj b/Nustache.Tests/Nustache.Tests.csproj
index 566fd14..4396248 100644
--- a/Nustache.Tests/Nustache.Tests.csproj
+++ b/Nustache.Tests/Nustache.Tests.csproj
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Describe_LiteralText.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Describe_VariableReference.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Describe_Render.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Describe_Section.cs" />