Tort law and the legislature common law, statute and the dynamics of legal change /
Tort law and the legislature common law, statute and the dynamics of legal change / [electronic resource] :
edited by T.T. Arvind and Jenny Steele.
- Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2013.
- xliv, 502 p.
"The papers in this book were initially presented at a workshop held at York Law School in May 2011" --p. [vii].
Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-493) and index.
Introduction : legislation and the shape of tort law / Statutes and tort defences / The "compensation culture" and the politics of tort / A civil law for the age of statutes / Trade disputes legislation and the economic torts / The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 / Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 : collisions of a different sort / Occupiers' liability : the enactment of "common law" principles / The Animals Act 1971 / Tort and personal injuries, 1850 to the present / Tort law and workmen's compensation legislation : complementary or competing models? / Legislating for economic loss / Recovery of state benefits from tort damages : legislating for or against the welfare state? / Tort law and compulsory insurance / Tort law, regulation and river pollution : the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act and its implementation, 1876-1951 / Tort law, actors in the "enterprise economy", and articulations of nineteenth-century capitalism with law : the Fraudulent Trustees Act 1857 in context / Occupying the field : tort and the pre-emptive statute / Restraining the state through tort? : The Crown Proceedings Act in retrospect / The Human Rights Act and its impact on the law of tort / Bringing statute (back) onto the radar : implications / TT Arvind and Jenny Steele -- Torts, courts and legislatures : comparative remarks on civil law codifications of tort law / Willem H. van Boom -- James Goudkamp -- Annette Morris -- James Lee -- Bob Simpson -- Donal Nolan -- Jenny Steele -- S.H. Bailey -- Roderick Bagshaw -- Steve Hedley -- Simon Deakin -- Keith Stanton -- Richard Lewis -- Rob Merkin and Sheila Dziobon -- Michael Lobban -- Sarah Wilson -- Maria Lee -- T.T. Arvind -- Hugh Tomlinson -- Jenny Steele.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781782250548 (electronic bk.)
Torts.
Torts--Great Britain.
Law--Interpretation and construction.
Electronic books.
K923 / .T678 2013
346.03
"The papers in this book were initially presented at a workshop held at York Law School in May 2011" --p. [vii].
Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-493) and index.
Introduction : legislation and the shape of tort law / Statutes and tort defences / The "compensation culture" and the politics of tort / A civil law for the age of statutes / Trade disputes legislation and the economic torts / The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 / Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 : collisions of a different sort / Occupiers' liability : the enactment of "common law" principles / The Animals Act 1971 / Tort and personal injuries, 1850 to the present / Tort law and workmen's compensation legislation : complementary or competing models? / Legislating for economic loss / Recovery of state benefits from tort damages : legislating for or against the welfare state? / Tort law and compulsory insurance / Tort law, regulation and river pollution : the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act and its implementation, 1876-1951 / Tort law, actors in the "enterprise economy", and articulations of nineteenth-century capitalism with law : the Fraudulent Trustees Act 1857 in context / Occupying the field : tort and the pre-emptive statute / Restraining the state through tort? : The Crown Proceedings Act in retrospect / The Human Rights Act and its impact on the law of tort / Bringing statute (back) onto the radar : implications / TT Arvind and Jenny Steele -- Torts, courts and legislatures : comparative remarks on civil law codifications of tort law / Willem H. van Boom -- James Goudkamp -- Annette Morris -- James Lee -- Bob Simpson -- Donal Nolan -- Jenny Steele -- S.H. Bailey -- Roderick Bagshaw -- Steve Hedley -- Simon Deakin -- Keith Stanton -- Richard Lewis -- Rob Merkin and Sheila Dziobon -- Michael Lobban -- Sarah Wilson -- Maria Lee -- T.T. Arvind -- Hugh Tomlinson -- Jenny Steele.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781782250548 (electronic bk.)
Torts.
Torts--Great Britain.
Law--Interpretation and construction.
Electronic books.
K923 / .T678 2013
346.03