Tort law and the legislature : common law, statute and the dynamics of legal change / / edited by T.T. Arvind and Jenny Steele.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Arvind, T. T.; Steele, Jenny, LLM.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xliv, 502 p.
• Notes: "The papers in this book were initially presented at a workshop held at York Law School in May 2011" --p. [vii].
• Other title: Introduction : legislation and the shape of tort law /; Statutes and tort defences /; The "compensation culture" and the politics of tort /; A civil law for the age of statutes /; Trade disputes legislation and the economic torts /; The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 /; Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 : collisions of a different sort /; Occupiers' liability : the enactment of "common law" principles /; The Animals Act 1971 /; Tort and personal injuries, 1850 to the present /; Tort law and workmen's compensation legislation : complementary or competing models? /; Legislating for economic loss /; Recovery of state benefits from tort damages : legislating for or against the welfare state? /; Tort law and compulsory insurance /; Tort law, regulation and river pollution : the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act and its implementation, 1876-1951 /; Tort law, actors in the "enterprise economy", and articulations of nineteenth-century capitalism with law : the Fraudulent Trustees Act 1857 in context /; Occupying the field : tort and the pre-emptive statute /; Restraining the state through tort? : The Crown Proceedings Act in retrospect /; The Human Rights Act and its impact on the law of tort /; Bringing statute (back) onto the radar : implications /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-493) and index.
• ISBN: 9781849461405 (cloth : alk. paper); 1849461406 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781782250548 (electronic bk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by T.T. Arvind and Jenny Steele.