Tort Law Defences

Dr James Goudkamp (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

270 Seiten

2013
Hart Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84946-291-4 (ISBN)

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While some defences to liability recognised in the law of torts have been explored in detail, the theoretical foundations of defences generally have received scant attention. This book attempts to fill this gap.

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.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.7.2013
Reihe/Serie	Hart Studies in Private Law
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	558 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
ISBN-10	1-84946-291-7 / 1849462917
ISBN-13	978-1-84946-291-4 / 9781849462914
Zustand	Neuware