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020 _a9781841137070
040 _aMAIN
041 _aEnglish
082 _a346.03
_bNEY/EME
100 _aNeyers, Jason W. (Ed.)
245 _aEmerging issues in tort law
_cedited by Jason W. Neyers; Erika Chamberlain; Stephen G. A. Pitel.
260 _aPortland :
_bHart Publishing,
_c2007.
300 _a593 p.
500 _aTable of Contents: Chapter 1. General and special tort law : uses (and abuses) of theory Chapter 2. Breach of statute and tort law Chapter 3. "Sois sage" : responsibility for childishness in the law of civil wrongs Chapter 4. Claims of involuntary parenthood : why the resistance? Chapter 5. Liability for psychiatric damage : searching for a path between pragmatism and principle Chapter 6. Should White v Jones represent Canadian law : a return to first principles Chapter 7. Breaches of contracts and claims by third parties Chapter 8. Policy issues in defective property cases Chapter 9. Defective structures and economic loss in the United States : law and policy Chapter 10. Harm screening under negligence law Chapter 11. Acts and omissions as positive and negative causes Chapter 12. Decision causation : Pandora's tool-box Chapter 13. Non-delegable duties and vicarious liability Chapter 14. Juridical foundations of common law non-delegable duties Chapter 15. Perish vicarious liability? Chapter 16. Comparative perspectives on vicarious liability : defining the scope of employment Chapter 17. What is a loss? Chapter 18. The changing face of the gist of negligence Chapter 19. Tort law in practice : appearance and reality in reforming periodical payments of damages Chapter 20. The structure of the intentional torts Chapter 21. The role of intention in the tort in Wilkinson v Downton Chapter 22. Where principle meets pragmatism : tort law in post-colonial Hong Kong Index
650 _aTorts.
700 _aChamberlain, Erika (Ed.)
700 _aPitel, Stephen G. (Ed.)
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