Law of torts, damages and compensation

While the right to have one's day in court is a cherished feature of the American democratic system, alarms that the United States is hopelessly litigious and awash in frivolous claims have become so commonplace that they are now a fixture in the popular imagination.

This history of tort law in America looks at how the subject has been conceptualized, pointing out why changes in rules occurred, and who did the changing.

In the mid 1980s, there was a crisis in the availability, affordability, and adequacy of liability insurance in the United States and Canada.

The proliferation of chemical substances in commerce poses scientific and philosophical problems.

The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases.

The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases.

This book of essays champions tort scholarship that puts judges at centre stage: what they do, how they understand their role, the heterogeneous reasons they give for their decisions, and their constitutional responsibility to identify and articulate the 'living' and 'evolving' common law.

This series argues that there is a common administrative core to European legal systems that can be better understood in comparative terms.

This series argues that there is a common administrative core to European legal systems that can be better understood in comparative terms.

Torts and other Wrongs is a collection of eleven of the author's essays on the theory of the law of torts and its place in the law more generally.

Torts and other Wrongs is a collection of eleven of the author's essays on the theory of the law of torts and its place in the law more generally.

There are approximately 100 new cases each year coming before the higher courts dealing with regulatory and disciplinary issues.

There are approximately 100 new cases each year coming before the higher courts dealing with regulatory and disciplinary issues.

Despite the centrality of the contributory negligence doctrine in practice, almost nothing is known about how it functions in reality.

Despite the centrality of the contributory negligence doctrine in practice, almost nothing is known about how it functions in reality.

The law enables private parties to undo the wrongs committed against them, allowing victims to seek redress.

The law enables private parties to undo the wrongs committed against them, allowing victims to seek redress.

The 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) deals with some 33,000 applications for compensation each year.

The 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) deals with some 33,000 applications for compensation each year.

Thousands of lawsuits continue to be filed in federal and state courts each year to seek recovery from manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Thousands of lawsuits continue to be filed in federal and state courts each year to seek recovery from manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Whether, and in what circumstances, public authorities should be held liable for negligence in the performance of their public functions is a highly complex area of the law.

Whether, and in what circumstances, public authorities should be held liable for negligence in the performance of their public functions is a highly complex area of the law.

Throughout much of the history of political philosophy, many of the great philosophers begin their work with an investigation of private law.

Throughout much of the history of political philosophy, many of the great philosophers begin their work with an investigation of private law.

Risk and Negligence in Wills, Estates, and Trusts provides essential guidance for all will draftsmen.

Risk and Negligence in Wills, Estates, and Trusts provides essential guidance for all will draftsmen.

The new edition of European Tort Law provides an extensive revision and update of the only English language handbook in this constantly evolving area.

Nearly twenty years after its original publication, The Idea of Private Law is widely recognized as a seminal contribution to legal philosophy, and one of the leading attempts to explain and justify the moral foundations of private law.

Nearly twenty years after its original publication, The Idea of Private Law is widely recognized as a seminal contribution to legal philosophy, and one of the leading attempts to explain and justify the moral foundations of private law.

Now in its third edition, this work has established itself as a key point of reference on English private law for lawyers in the UK and throughout the world.

Now in its third edition, this work has established itself as a key point of reference on English private law for lawyers in the UK and throughout the world.

Private law governs our most pervasive relationships with other people: the wrongs we do to one another, the property we own and exclude from others' use, the contracts we make and break, and the benefits realized at another's expense that we cannot justly retain.

Private law governs our most pervasive relationships with other people: the wrongs we do to one another, the property we own and exclude from others' use, the contracts we make and break, and the benefits realized at another's expense that we cannot justly retain.

A comprehensive analysis of liability for animals this book covers harm done by dangerous and straying animals including both dangerous and non-dangerous species.

A comprehensive analysis of liability for animals this book covers harm done by dangerous and straying animals including both dangerous and non-dangerous species.

It is widely acknowledged that insurance has a major impact on the operation of tort and contract law regimes in practice, yet there is little sustained analysis of their interaction.

It is widely acknowledged that insurance has a major impact on the operation of tort and contract law regimes in practice, yet there is little sustained analysis of their interaction.

Occupiers' liability is an area of tort law rich in statutory material and jurisprudence, having developed outside the framework of general negligence liability.

Occupiers' liability is an area of tort law rich in statutory material and jurisprudence, having developed outside the framework of general negligence liability.

Employee Competition: Covenants, Confidentiality, and Garden Leave is a leading authority for employment law practitioners and human resource professionals alike.

Employee Competition: Covenants, Confidentiality, and Garden Leave is a leading authority for employment law practitioners and human resource professionals alike.

Professional misconduct within the academic community is highly publicised.

Professional misconduct within the academic community is highly publicised.

Principles of the English Law of Obligations provides students with a high-quality overview of this key area of English law.

Principles of the English Law of Obligations provides students with a high-quality overview of this key area of English law.

Rights, Wrongs, and Injustices is the first comprehensive account of the scope, foundations, and structure of remedial law in common law jurisdictions.

Rights, Wrongs, and Injustices is the first comprehensive account of the scope, foundations, and structure of remedial law in common law jurisdictions.

The law of torts is concerned with the secondary obligations generated by the infringement of primary rights.

This new edition of Unjust Enrichment by the editor of the Clarendon Law Series, is a fully updated, clear and concise account of the law of unjust enrichment.