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Zusatztext The contributors' essays represent, in my view, a catalogue of one of the best examinations 'by committee' on an aspect of the work of a single scholar.The review essays are splendidly written, intellectually engaging with absolutely no punches pulled.All of them however, demonstrate a rare combination of humility and rigor in their assessment of his work showing a great deal of respect for his exceptional passion for the most demanding subject, as so many others have done before. Informationen zum Autor Peter Cane is a Senior Research Fellow at Christ’s College, Cambridge. He was previously Distinguished Professor of Law at the Australian National University College of Law, and before that a Professor of Law at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous books on law, including Atiyah’s Accidents, Compensation and the Law (8th ed, 2013), Responsibility in Law and Morality (2003), The Anatomy of Tort Law (1997), Tort Law and Economic Interests (2nd ed, 1996), and Administrative Law (5th ed, 2011). John Gardner is Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford.Photo courtesy of Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Klappentext The essays in this volume are devoted to the ideas of Tony Honoré. The focus is on issues dealt with in Honoré's recent book! Responsibility and Fault! exploring fundamental questions about the relationship between moral and legal responsibility. Zusammenfassung The essays in this volume are devoted to the ideas of Tony Honore,one of the most important legal thinkers of his generation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Responsibility and self-controlMichael Smith2. The capacity to have done otherwise: an agent-centred viewPhilip Pettit3.Private law and private narrativesArthur Ripstein4. Honoré on responsibility for outcomesStephen R. Perry5. Responsibility and fault: a relational and functional approach to responsibilityPeter Cane6. Obligations and outcomes in the law of tortsJohn Gardner7. Unpacking “causation”Jane Stapleton8. Private law: between visionaries and bricoleursWilliam Lucy9. Appreciations and responsesTony Honoré...
