| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 493 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Preliminary pages; Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Against Certainty in Tort Law; 2. Tort Law and Human Flourishing; 3. Private and Public: The MixedConcept of Vindication in Tortsand Private Law; 4. 'We Do This in the Criminal Lawand That in the Law of Tort':A New Fusion Debate; 5. Challenging the Orthodoxyof Crime's Precedence over Tort:Suspending a Tort ClaimWhere a Crime May Exist; 6. Legislative Challenges to Orthodoxy; 7. Statutes and Civil Liabilityin the Commonwealthand the United States:A Comparative Critique |
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8. The 'Doubles the Risk' Test forCausation and Other RelatedJudicial Misconceptions aboutEpidemiology9. Rationalising Loss of a Chancein Tort; 10. When is Emotional Distress Harm?; 11. Rethinking Contributory Negligence; 12. Nuisance Law and Damages in Lieuof an Injunction: Challenging the Orthodoxy of the Shelfer Criteria; 13. The Tort of Conspiracy asa Can of Worms; 14. Aid, Abet, Counsel or Procure?; 15. 'That Unhappy Expression':Malice at the Margins; 16. Dissociating the Two Forms of So-Called 'Vicarious Liability'; Index |
| Summary |
In this book, leading scholars from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia challenge established common law rules and suggest new approaches to both old and emerging problems in tort law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Torts.
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Liability, Legal
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torts.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Torts
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Unerlaubte Handlung
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Common law
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pitel, Stephen G. A., editor
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Neyers, Jason W., editor
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Chamberlain, Erika, editor
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| ISBN |
9781782252498 |
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1782252495 |
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9781472561527 |
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147256152X |
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9781782252504 |
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1782252509 |
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