TORT LAW DEFENCES

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84946-291-4
Verlag: HART PUB

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 268 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

Reihe: Hart Studies in Private Law

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 defences generally. In particular, no serious attempt has been made to explain how defences relate to each other or to the torts to which they pertain. The goal of this book is to reduce the size of this substantial gap in our understanding of tort law. The principal way in which it attempts to do so is by developing a taxonomy of defences. The book shows that much can be learned about a given defence from the way in which it is classified.

This book has been awarded Joint Second Prize for the 2014 Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and Practitioners of Tort Law

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goudkamp, James

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction
2 Torts and Defences
3 Denials
4 A Taxonomy of Tort Law Defences
5 Applying the Taxonomy
6 Implications
7 Rival Taxonomies
8 Denials of Responsibility
9 Future Directions

Über Autor(innen)

Goudkamp, James
James Goudkamp is Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. He is also a practising barrister at 7 King's Bench Walk Chambers, London, UK.

James Goudkamp is a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, and an Associate Professor in the Oxford Law Faculty. He holds or has held visiting positions at Harvard Law School, the National University of Singapore, the University of Western Australia and the University of Wollongong.