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Vicarious Liability in the Common Law World
This book is the one place to find unprecedented access to case-law, doctrinal debates and comparative reflections on vicarious liability from across the common law world. The …
Vicarious Liability
The scope of vicarious liability has significantly expanded since its original conception. Today employers are being found liable for actions of employees that they did not …
Tort Law Defences
The law of torts recognises many defences to liability. While some of these defences have been explored in detail, scant attention has been given to the theoretical foundations of …
The Province and Politics of the Economic Torts
Economic torts play a key role in the development of private law more generally. Indeed, the landmark case of OBG v Allan (2008) provided one of the most important decisions in the …
The Law of Misstatements
2013 was the 50th anniversary of the House of Lords’ landmark decision in Hedley Byrne v Heller. This international collection of essays brings together leading experts from five …
The Evolution from Strict Liability to Fault in the Law of Torts
Gradually, the law of tort has shifted away from a strict-liability approach to one where fault predominates. This book charts important case law documenting this shift. It seeks …
The Duty of Care in Negligence
This book aims to provide a detailed analysis and overview of the duty of care enquiry, drawing on both academic analyses and judicial experience in leading common law systems. A …
Reconceptualising Strict Liability for the Tort of Another
This book adopts a novel approach to resolving the present difficulties experienced by the courts in imposing strict liability for the tort of another. It looks beyond the …
Punishment and Private Law
Does private law punish? This collection answers this complex but compelling question. Lawyers from across the spectrum of the law (contract, tort, restitution) explore exactly how …
Private Law and Power
The aim of this edited collection of essays is to examine the relationship between private law and power – both the public power of the state and the ‘private’ power of …
Negligence and Illegality
This book examines claims in negligence arising from illegal conduct of the claimant. An array of public policy and other grounds have been advanced for resolving these claims, …
Illegality after Patel v Mirza
In Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42, nine justices of the Supreme Court of England and Wales decided in favour of a restitutionary award in response to an unjust enrichment, despite …