TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mitchell,Charles
AU  - Mitchell,Paul
ED  - Askews & Holts
TI  - Landmark cases in the law of tort
SN  - 9781847315670 (e-book)
AV  - KD1949 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Hart Publishing
KW  - Torts
KW  - England
KW  - Cases
KW  - Wales
KW  - Law
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law
KW  - thema
KW  - Systems of law: common law
KW  - Law of torts, damages & compensation
KW  - Sources of law: case law, precedent
KW  - Legal history
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Originally published: 2010; Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9781509905072; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - This book contains thirteen original essays on leading tort cases, ranging from the early nineteenth century to the present day; Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort contains thirteen original essays on leading tort cases, ranging from the early nineteenth century to the present day. It is the third volume in a series of collected essays on landmark cases (the previous two volumes having dealt with restitution and contract). The cases examined raise a broad range of important issues across the law of tort, including such diverse areas as acts of state and public nuisance, as well as central questions relating to the tort of negligence. Several of the essays place cases in their historical context in ways that change our understanding of the case's significance. Sometimes the focus is on drawing out previously neglected aspects of cases which have been - undeservedly - assigned minor importance. Other essays explore the judicial methodologies and techniques that worked to shape leading principles of tort law. So much of tort law turns on cases, and there are so many cases, that all but the most recent decisions have a tendency to become reduced to terse propositions of law, so as to keep the subject manageable. This collection shows how important it is, despite the constant temptation to compression, not to lose sight of the contexts and nuances which qualify and illuminate so many leading authorities
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