Philosophical Foundations of Tort Law

Informationen zum Autor David Owen is Byrnes Scholar and Professor of Tort Law at the University of South Carolina. He is best known for his co-authorship of Prosser and Keeton on Torts and Products Liability and Safety, and he is currently working on additional books concerning the law of torts and products liability. Klappentext This exceptional collection of twenty-two essays on the philosophical fundamentals of tort law assembles many of the world's leading commentators on this particularly fascinating conjunction of law and philosophy. The contributions range broadly! from inquiries into how tort law derives from Aristotle! Aquinas! and Kant to the latest economic and rights-based theories of legal responsibility. This is truly a multi-national production! with contributions from several distinguished Oxford scholars of law and philosophy and many prominent scholars from the United States! Canada! and Israel. A provocative closing essay by one of the world's leading moral philosophers illuminates how tort law enables philosophers to observe the abstract theories of their discipline put to the concrete test in the legal resolution of real-world controversies based on principles of right and wrong. Zusammenfassung This exceptional collection of twenty-two essays on the philosophical fundamentals of tort law assembles many of the world's leading commentators on this particualrly fascinating conjunction of law and philosophy. The contributions range broadly, from inquiries into how tort law derives from Aristotle, Aquinas, and Kant to the latest rights-based and economic theories of legal reponsibility.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David G. Owen, David G. (Webster Professor of Tort Law Owen
• Collaboration: David G. Owen (Editeur), Owen David G. (Editeur)
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.07.1997
• EAN: 9780198265795
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826579-5
• Pages: 526
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit commercial; USA, England, Wales, LAW / Torts, LAW / Comparative, United States of America, USA, comparative law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Law of torts, damages and compensation, Torts / Delicts