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Title Landmark cases in the law of tort / edited by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell
Published Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 368 pages) : map
Contents R. v. Pease (1832) / Mark Wilde and Charlotte Smith -- Burón v. Denman (1848) / Charles Mitchell and Leslie Turano -- George v. Skivington (1869) / David Ibbetson -- Daniel v. Metropolitan Railway Company (1871) / Michael Lobban -- Woodley v. Metropolitan District Railway Company (1877) / Steve Banks -- Cavalier v. Pope (1906) / Richard Baker and Jonathan Garton -- Hedley Byrne & Co. Ltd. v. Heller & Partners Ltd. (1963) / Paul Mitchell -- Goldman v. Hargrave (1967) / Mark Lunney -- Tate & Lyle Food & Distribution Ltd. v. Greater London Council (1983) / J.W. Neyers -- Smith v. Littlewoods Organisation Ltd. (1985) / Elspeth Reid -- Alcock v. Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1991) / Donal Nolan -- Hunter v. Canary Wharf Ltd. (1997) / Maria Lee -- Fairchild v. Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd. (2002) / Ken Oliphant
Summary 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 un
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Torts -- England -- Cases
Torts -- Wales -- Cases
Common law.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Torts
Onrechtmatige daad.
Rechtsontwikkeling.
England
Wales
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Common law countries.
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
Jurisprudentie (vorm)
Congressen (vorm)
Form Electronic book
Author Mitchell, Charles (Charles Christopher James)
Mitchell, Paul, 1972-
ISBN 9781847315670
1847315674
9781472560704
1472560701
9781847317551
1847317553