Lord Atkin

by Geoffrey Lewis

One of the greatest of all English common lawyers, Lord Atkin it was who asked the question in Donoghue v. Stevenson 'Who then in law is my neighbour?' which became the foundation of the whole modern law of negligence. His courageous dissent in the wartime detention case of Liversidge v. Anderson is now recognised as a historic stand on principle. This book contains absorbing accounts of the background to these two great cases, as well as an assessment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841130575
• ISBN13: 9781841130576
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"