Emerging Issues in tort law edited by Jason W. Neyers, Erika Chamberlain and Stephen G. A. Pitel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neyers, Jason W., editor.

Chamberlain, Erika, editor.

Pitel, Stephen G. A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torts--United States.

Torts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (610 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] Portland, Oregon Hart Publishing 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, articles by leading tort scholars from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States deal with important theoretical and practical issues that are emerging in the law of torts. The articles analyse recent leading developments in areas such as economic negligence, causation, vicarious liability, non-delegable duty, breach of statutory duty, intentional torts, damages, and tort law in the family. They provide a foretaste of the issues that will face tort law in the near future and offer critical viewpoints that should not go unheeded. With its rich breadth of contributors and topics, Emerging Issues in Tort Law will be highly useful to lawyers, judges and academics across the common law world. Contributors: Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey, Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, Peter Benson, Vaughan Black, Peter Cane, Erika Chamberlain, Israel Gilead, Paula Giliker, Rick Glofcheski, Lewis N Klar QC, Michael A Jones, Richard Lewis, John Murphy, Jason W Neyers, Ken Oliphant, David F Partlett, Stephen GA Pitel, Denise Reaume, Robert H Stevens, Andrew Tettenborn, Stephen Todd, Shauna van Praagh, Stephen Waddams, David R Wingfield, Richard W Wright

Contents:

General and special tort law : uses (and abuses) of theory / Peter Cane

Breach of statute and tort law / Lewis N. Klar

"Sois sage" : responsibility for childishness in the law of civil wrongs / Shauna Van Praagh

Claims of involuntary parenthood : why the resistance? / Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey

Liability for psychiatric damage : searching for a path between pragmatism and principle / Michael A. Jones

Should White v Jones represent Canadian law : a return to first principles / Peter Benson

Introduction

JASON W NEYERS, ERIKA CHAMBERLAIN AND STEPHEN G A PITEL

1. General and Special Tort Law: Uses (and Abuses) of Theory

PETER CANE

2. Breach of Statute and Tort Law

LEWIS N KLAR

3. 'Sois Sage'- Responsibility for Childishness in the Law of Civil Wrongs

SHAUNA VAN PRAAGH

4. Claims of Involuntary Parenthood: Why the Resistance?

ELIZABETH ADJIN-TETTEY

5. Liability for Psychiatric Damage: Searching for a Path between Pragmatism and Principle

MICHAEL A JONES

6. Should White v Jones Represent Canadian Law: A Return to First Principles

PETER BENSON

7. Breaches of Contracts and Claims by Third Parties

STEPHEN WADDAMS

8. Policy Issues in Defective Property Cases

STEPHEN TODD

9. Defective Structures and Economic Loss in the United States: Law and Policy

DAVID F PARTLETT

10. Harm Screening Under Negligence Law

ISRAEL GILEAD

11 Acts and Omissions as Positive and Negative Causes

RICHARD W WRIGHT

12 Decision Causation: Pandora's Tool-Box

VAUGHAN BLACK

13 Non-Delegable Duties and Vicarious Liability

ROBERT STEVENS

14 Juridical Foundations of Common Law Non-Delegable Duties

JOHN MURPHY

15 Perish Vicarious Liability?

DAVID R WINGFIELD

16 Comparative Perspectives on Vicarious Liability: Defining the Scope of Employment

PAULA GILIKER

17 What is a Loss?

ANDREW TETTENBORN

18 The Changing Face of the Gist of Negligence

KUMARALINGAM AMIRTHALINGAM

19 Tort Law in Practice: Appearance and Reality in Reforming Periodical Payments of Damages

RICHARD LEWIS

20 The Structure of the Intentional Torts

KEN OLIPHANT

21 The Role of Intention in the Tort in Wilkinson v Downton

DENISE RÉAUME

22 Where Principle Meets Pragmatism: Tort Law in Post-Colonial Hong Kong

RICK GLOFCHESKI

Breaches of contracts and claims by third parties / Stephen Waddams

Policy issues in defective property cases / Stephen Todd

Defective structures and economic loss in the United States : law and policy / David F. Partlett

Harm screening under negligence law / Israel Gilead

Acts and omissions as positive and negative causes / Richard W. Wright

Decision causation : Pandora's tool-box / Vaughan Black

Non-delegable duties and vicarious liability / Robert Stevens

Juridical foundations of common law non-delegable duties / John Murphy

Perish vicarious liability? / David R. Wingfield

Comparative perspectives on vicarious liability : defining the scope of employment / Paula Giliker

What is a loss? / Andrew Tettenborn

The changing face of the gist of negligence / Kumaralingam Amirthalingam

Tort law in practice : appearance and reality in reforming periodical payments of damages / Richard Lewis

The structure of the intentional torts / Ken Oliphant

The role of intention in the tort in Wilkinson v Downton / Denise Reaume

Where principle meets pragmatism : tort law in post-colonial Hong Kong / Rick Glofcheski

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786612754753

9781847317018

1847317014

9781472560070

1472560078

9781282754751

1282754750

9781847315731

1847315739

OCLC:

664571315