Tort Liability of Public Authorities in Comparative Perspective - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0903067722 ISBN 13: 9780903067720

Publisher: British Institute of International & Comparative Law, 2002

Synopsis

This title provides an examination of the law on compensation for administrative wrongdoing from a comparative law perspective. Particular account is taken of the increasing influence of human rights law, European Community law and international law. It is the outcome of a research programme at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, with contributions from a number of events including the UKNCCL BIICL Colloquium on the liability of public authorities held in London in 2001. The collection offers detailed and up-to-date insights into a current and controversial topic. Contributions from senior judges, leading practitioners, and academics covering recent developments in many jurisdictions including the United States, New Zealand, France, Germany, Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, Greece, England, and Scotland.

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About the Author

Mads Andenas is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo and the UN Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary Detention and the Chair of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which reports to the UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly. He has held senior academic appointments in the United Kingdom, including as Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London and Director of the Centre of European Law at King's College London.

Duncan Fairgrieve is Director of the Tort Law Centre at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and is also Maitre de Conferences at Sciences Po, Paris.

John Bell is Assistant Professor of Performing Arts at Emerson College. He is a member of the Great Small Works Theater Collective and has worked with Bread and Puppet Theater for many years.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Institute of International & Comparative Law
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0903067722
• ISBN 13: 9780903067720
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608
• Editor: Andenas Mads, Bell John