Philosophical foundations of tort law /

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Other Authors: Owen, David G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1995
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Table of Contents:
  • The concept of a civil wrong /
  • The practice of corrective justice /
  • The morality of tort law--questions and answers /
  • Wealth maximization and tort law : a philosophical inquiry /
  • The uneasy place of principle in tort law /
  • Tort law in the Aristotelian tradition /
  • Right, justice and tort law /
  • The idea of complementarity as a philosophical basis for pluralism in tort law /
  • Philosophical foundations of fault in tort law /
  • Intention in tort law /
  • The standards of care in negligence law /
  • The seriousness of harm thesis for abnormally dangerous activities /
  • Aggregate autonomy, the difference principle, and the calabresian approach to products liability /
  • Risk, harm, and responsibility /
  • Causation, compensation and moral responsibility /
  • Necessary and sufficient conditions in tort law /
  • Moments of carelessness and massive loss /
  • Wrongdoing, welfare, and damages : recovery for non-pecuniary loss in corrective justice /
  • The basis for excluding liability for economic loss in tort law /
  • Contributory negligence : conceptual and normative issues /