Risks and Legal Theory

by Jenny Steele

Book Overview

In almost every field of law, from tort and contract to environmental law and criminal justice, issues about 'risk' are increasingly of interest to lawyers. At the same time, there has been little general enquiry into the nature of the contact between law and risks. This book argues that ideas about risk have not traditionally been absent from law, as is sometimes supposed. Lawyers and legal theorists have used and conceptualised risk in particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841130907
• ISBN13: 9781841130903
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"