| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 244 pages) : illustration |
| Series |
Hart studies in private law ; volume 9 |
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Hart studies in private law ; v. 9
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| Contents |
Iniuria and the common law / Eric Descheemaeker and Helen Scott -- Iniuria, Roman and English / David Ibbetson -- The actio iniuriarum in Scots law : romantic Romanism or tool for today? / Kenneth McKenzie Norrie -- Solatium and injury to feelings : Roman law, English law and modern tort theory / Eric Descheemaeker -- Dissimulation / Paul Mitchell -- Contumelia and the South African law of defamation / Helen Scott -- An infringement of the corpus as a form of iniuria : Roman and medieval reflections / Paul J. du Plessis -- The protection of corpus in modern and early modern Scots law / John Blackie -- The gist of defamation in South African law / Anton Fagan -- Retraction, apology and reply as responses to iniuriae / Jonathan Burchell -- Harassment : a wrong without a right? / François du Bois |
| Summary |
Addressing a series of doctrinal puzzles within the law of assault, defamation and breach of privacy, this book considers in what respects the Roman delict of iniuria overlaps with its modern counterparts in England, Scotland and South Africa |
| Notes |
Ten papers presented at a seminar held at All Souls College, Oxford in 2011 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Comparative law -- Congresses.
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Iniuria (Roman law) -- Congresses.
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Offenses against the person -- England -- Congresses.
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Offenses against the person -- Scotland -- Congresses.
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Offenses against the person -- South Africa -- Congresses.
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Torts -- England -- Congresses.
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Torts -- Scotland -- Congresses.
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Torts -- South Africa -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Descheemaeker, Eric, 1977- editor
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Scott, Helen, 1975- editor
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| ISBN |
1782251758 (electronic bk.) |
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9781782251750 (electronic bk.) |
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