Philosophy and the Law of Torts

Buch | Softcover

348 Seiten

2007
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-04175-1 (ISBN)

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When accidents occur and people suffer injuries, who ought to bear the loss? Tort law is a complex answer to this question, but philosophers have offered little by way of analysis of its rules. In eight essays commissioned for this volume, leading legal theorists examine the philosophical foundations of tort law.

When accidents occur and people suffer injuries, who ought to bear the loss? Tort law offers a complex set of rules to answer this question, but up to now philosophers have offered little by way of analysis of these rules. In eight essays commissioned for this volume, leading legal theorists examine the philosophical foundations of tort law. Amongst the questions they address are the following: how are the notions at the core of tort practice (such as responsibility, fault, negligence, due care, and duty to repair) to be understood? Is an explanation based on a conception of justice feasible? How are concerns of distributive and corrective justice related? What amounts to an adequate explanation of tort law? This collection will be of interest to professionals and advanced students working in philosophy of law, social theory, political theory, and law, as well as anyone seeking a better understanding of tort law.

Contributors; 1. Introduction: search for an explanatory theory of torts Gerald J. Postema; 2. A social contract conception of the tort law of accidents Gregory C. Keating; 3. Responsibility for outcomes, risk and the law of torts Stephen R. Perry; 4. The significance of doing and suffering Martin Stone; 5. Tort law and tort theory: preliminary reflections on method Jules Coleman; 6. Corrective justice in an age of mass torts Arthur Ripstein and Benjamin C. Zipursky; 7. Economics, moral philosophy and the positive analysis of tort law Mark Geistfeld; 8. Pluralism in tort and accident law: towards a reasonable accommodation Bruce Chapman; References; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.9.2007
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 228 mm
Gewicht	516 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
ISBN-10	0-521-04175-9 / 0521041759
ISBN-13	978-0-521-04175-1 / 9780521041751
Zustand	Neuware