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Zusatztext This Festschrift is a worthy tribute to the towering contribution of Fleming to legal scholarship ... The volume is a valuable contribution to the analysis of contemporary tort problems. It will be of great interest to scholars! advocates and judges throughout the common law jursidictions! and also in European countries. Informationen zum Autor Peter Cane was, until 1997, a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He is now a Professor of Law in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.Jane Stapleton was, until 1997, a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. She is now a Professor of Law in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. Klappentext The late John Fleming, emeritus Professor of Law in the University of California at Berkeley, was the pre-eminent torts lawyer of the age; his Law of Torts has influenced generations of students and scholars, and remains a classic of legal literature. In this volume, distinguished academics and judges from around the world pay tribute to him in a collection of essays which range widely across tort law, legal theory, legal history and comparative law. Zusammenfassung In this stimulating collection of essays, which range widely over tort law, legal theory, legal history and comparative law, distinguished academics and members of the judiciary pay tribute to the late John Fleming, one of the most important and influential writers on the law of torts and comparative law. Inhaltsverzeichnis An Appreciation of John Fleming Human Rights Tort and Human Rights Human Rights and the Law of Torts Aspects of Negligence The Right of Spring Duty of Care Factors: a Selection from the Judicial Menus The Staggering March of Negligence Theoretical Perspectives Retribution, Proportionality and Moral Luck in Tort Law Responsibility in Crime, Tort and Contract for the Unforeseeable Consequences of an Intentional Wrong: A Once and Future Rule? Rylands v Fletcher, Negligence and Strict Liability A European Perspective Towards a European Civil Code: The Duty of Good Faith Reading Through a Foreign Judgment Quieta Movere: Interpretative Change in a Codified System Product Liability Some Thoughts about International Product Liability The Smoking War and the Role of Tort Law Delivering Compensation Traffic Accidents Compensation under Tort Law and under a Specific Law The Collateral Source Rule Thirty Years On A Bibliography of the Publications of John Gunther Fleming ...
