Philosophy and the Law of Torts

Klappentext Leading legal theorists examine the philosophical foundations of tort law. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald J. Postema, Gerald J. (University of North Carolina Postema
• Assisted by: Jules L. Coleman (Editor), Antony Duff (Editor), Gerald J. Postema (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2001
• EAN: 9780521622820
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62282-0
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Economic and Social Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law