Tort Law and the Legislature: Common Law, Statute and the Dynamics of Legal Change

by Jenny Steele and T.T. Arvind

The study of the law of tort is generally preoccupied by case law, while the fundamental impact of legislation is often overlooked. At a jurisprudential level there is an unspoken view that legislation is generally piecemeal and at best self-contained and specific; at worst dependent on the whim of political views at a particular time. With a different starting point, this volume seeks to test such notions, illustrating, among other things, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849461406
• ISBN13: 9781849461405
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"