Philosophical foundations of tort law

Philosophical foundations of tort law / David G. Owen, editor.

In this collection of 19 original essays leading legal scholars and philosphers examine the latest thinking on the rationales & current developments of tort law.

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Other Authors: Owen, David G., 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1997.
Subjects:
Torts.
Law > Philosophy.
torts.
Law > Philosophy
Torts
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: Why Philosophy Matters to Tort Law / David G. Owen
  • 1. The Concept of a Civil Wrong / Peter Birks
  • 2. The Practice of Corrective Justice / Jules L. Coleman
  • 3. The Morality of Tort Law
  • Questions and Answers / Tony Honore
  • 4. Wealth Maximization and Tort Law: A Philosophical Inquiry / Richard A. Posner
  • 5. The Uneasy Place of Principle in Tort Law / George C. Christie
  • 6. Tort Law in the Aristotelian Tradition / James Gordley
  • 7. Right, Justice and Tort Law / Richard W. Wright
  • 8. The Idea of Complementarity as a Philosophical Basis for Pluralism in Tort Law / Izhak Englard
  • 9. Philosophical Foundations of Fault in Tort Law / David G. Owen
  • 10. Intention in Tort Law / John Finnis
  • 11. The Standards of Care in Negligence Law / Richard W. Wright
  • 12. The Seriousness of Harm Thesis for Abnormally Dangerous Activities / Ken Kress.
  • 13. Aggregate Autonomy, the Difference Principle, and the Calabresian Approach to Products Liability / John B. Attanasio
  • 14. Risk, Harm, and Responsibility / Stephen R. Perry
  • 15. Causation, Compensation and Moral Responsibility / Christopher H. Schroeder
  • 16. Necessary and Sufficient Conditions in Tort Law / Tony Honore
  • 17. Moments of Carelessness and Massive Loss / Jeremy Waldron
  • 18. Wrongdoing, Welfare, and Damages: Recovery for Non-Pecuniary Loss in Corrective Justice / Bruce Chapman
  • 19. The Basis for Excluding Liability for Economic Loss in Tort Law / Peter Benson
  • 20. Contributory Negligence: Conceptual and Normative Issues / Kenneth W. Simons
  • Afterword: What Has Philosophy to Learn From Tort Law? / Bernard Williams.

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