Description: Key Ideas in Tort Law by Peter Cane, Professor Peter Cane This book offers nine key ideas about tort law that will help the reader to understand its various social functions and evaluate its effectiveness in performing those functions. The book focuses, in particular, on how tort law can guide peoples behaviour, and the political and social environments within which it operates. It also provides the reader with a wealth of detail about the ideas and values that underlie tort doctrine—tort laws rules and principles, and the way those rules and principles operate in practice. The book is an accessible introduction to tort law that will provide students, scholars and practitioners alike with a fresh and engaging view of the subject.In this masterful and engaging survey, Peter Cane provides an array of illuminating perspectives on the law of torts, laying bare its nature, structure and functions, as well as its legal, social and political context.Andrew Robertson, Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Peter Cane is a Senior Research Fellow at Christs College, Cambridge. He was previously Distinguished Professor of Law at the Australian National University College of Law, and before that a Professor of Law at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Table of Contents 1. Nine Key Ideas2. Tort Law3. Torts4. Torts Unpacked5. Torts Repackaged6. Wrongs7. Out and About with Tort Law8. Politics9. Uses10. The Political Economy of Compensation Schemes11. The Future of Tort Law Review This is an insightful and well-written book. -- Liron Shmilovits * University of Cambridge *This is a very clearly written introduction to the crucial ideas in the Law of Tort. It is both thought-provoking and enjoyable to read. Reading it will be of great assistance to students in any year of undergraduate study who are about to start grappling with what is otherwise a large, and potentially daunting, volume of statute and common law in this field. -- John Kelly * University of Lincoln *An intelligent analysis of key concepts in the law of tort. -- Eleanor Russell * Glasgow Caledonian University *A book that gets students to broaden their thinking about tort law to evaluate how effective it is as achieving is objectives. -- Mark Edwards * Sheffield Hallam University * Promotional A concise introduction to the key ideas in tort law by two of the fields most eminent scholars. Review Quote This is a very clearly written introduction to the crucial ideas in the Law of Tort. It is both thought-provoking and enjoyable to read. Reading it will be of great assistance to students in any year of undergraduate study who are about to start grappling with what is otherwise a large, and potentially daunting, volume of statute and common law in this field. Promotional "Headline" A concise introduction to the key ideas in tort law by two of the fields most eminent scholars. Feature A concise introduction to the key ideas in tort law by one of the fields most eminent scholars. Details ISBN1509909427 Author Professor Peter Cane Pages 144 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Series Key Ideas in Law Year 2017 ISBN-10 1509909427 ISBN-13 9781509909421 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-08-10 Imprint Hart Publishing Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 346.4203 Language English Series Number 2 UK Release Date 2017-08-10 NZ Release Date 2017-08-10 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2017-08-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:116413309;
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ISBN-13: 9781509909421
Book Title: Key Ideas in Tort Law
Item Height: 216 mm
Item Width: 138 mm
Author: Professor Peter Cane
Publication Name: Key Ideas in Tort Law
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Subject: Law
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 184 g
Number of Pages: 144 Pages