Three Essays on Torts

These essays illustrate the advantages of 'reflexive' tort scholarship by contrasting the reflexive scholarship of judicial analysis with grand theory, then applying reflexive scholarship to the tort of negligence. The final essay presents a wider argument about human responsibility and legal conduct.

Table des matières

• Introduction


• 1.: Taking the Judges Seriously versus Grand Theories


• 2.: Cooperation and Economic Self-Reliance in Commercial Arrangements


• 3.: Conceptual Interplay between Elements of the Tort of Negligence

A propos de l'auteur

Jane Stapleton QC FBA is an academic who has taught common law subjects, especially the law of torts, in Oxford, Cambridge, the European University Institute, and the United States. She is an Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn, a Council Member of the American Law Institute, and an Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor at the Australian National University. Her awards include the American Bar Association's Robert B. McKay Law Professor Award, the Association of American Law Schools' Prosser Award, the Wedderburn Prize, and the John G. Fleming Prize. She is an Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College and Master of Christ's College Cambridge.

Résumé

These essays illustrate the advantages of 'reflexive' tort scholarship by contrasting the reflexive scholarship of judicial analysis with grand theory, then applying reflexive scholarship to the tort of negligence. The final essay presents a wider argument about human responsibility and legal conduct.

Texte suppl.

Stapleton argues her case in a concise and readable manner, providing the practitioner with considerable food for thought.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jane Stapleton, Jane (Master Stapleton, Stapleton Jane
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 21.01.2021
• EAN: 9780192893734
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289373-4
• Pages: 122
• Thème: Clarendon Law Lectures
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit international, droit étranger; England, Wales, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Torts, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Law of torts, damages and compensation, Torts / Delicts