Defences in Tort: 1 (Hart Studies in Private Law: Essays on Defences) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509914161 ISBN 13: 9781509914166

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 1951

Synopsis

This book is the first in a series of essay collections on defences in private law. It addresses defences to liability arising in tort. The essays range from those adopting a primarily doctrinal approach to others that examine the law from a more theoretical or historical perspective. Some essays focus on individual defences, while some are concerned with the links between defences, or with how defences relate to the structure of tort law as a whole. A number of the essays also draw upon concepts and literature that have been developed mainly in relation to the criminal law, and consider their application to tort law. The essays make several original contributions to this complex, important but neglected field of academic enquiry.

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Review:

All of the ... contributions are thought-provoking and provide a much-needed theoretical perspective

the book is essential reading for all private law scholars.

[Defences in Tort] is the first in a series of works concerned with defences to liability arising in private law and if the future editions come anywhere close to the calibre of essays contained here one very much looks forward to reading the rest.
Professional Negligence

The general quality of the contributions is very good indeed and the collection as a whole can be enthusiastically recommended.
Yearbook of European Tort Law

About the Author:

Andrew Dyson is a Assistant Professor in Private Law at The London School of Economics and Political Science.
Photograph © LSE Law.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 1951
• ISBN 10: 1509914161
• ISBN 13: 9781509914166
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Dyson Andrew, Goudkamp James, Wilmot-Smith Frederick