The common law of obligations : divergence and unity
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Portland, Oregon :
Hart Publishing ,
c2016
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Unity, divergence and convergence in the common law of obligations
- 2. The influence of comparative law on the English law of obligations
- 3. Unity, then divergence : the Privy Council, the common law of England and the common law of Canada, Australia and New Zealand
- 4. A conscious effort to develop a "different" common law of obligations : a possible endeavour?
- 5. A common law of tort : is there a European rift in the common law family?
- 6. A judicial perspective on the development of common law doctrine in the light of statute law
- 7. Public actors and private obligations : a judicial perspective
- 8. The tort liability of public authorities : a comparative analysis
- 9. We'll meet again : convergence in the private law treatment of public bodies
- 10. How to have a common private law : thepresuppositions of legal conversation
- 11. The philosophies of the common law and their implications : common law divergences, public authority liability and the future of a common law world
- 12. Obligations, governance and society : bringing the state back in
- 13. Divergent evolution in the law of torts : jurisdictional isolation, jurisprudential divergence and explanatory theories
- 14. Common law values : the role of party autonomy in private law