{"title":"Professor Peter Cane","description":"\u003cp\u003eProfessor Peter Cane offers a profound exploration of legal principles through works that blend rigorous analysis with accessible clarity. His books, such as \u003cem\u003eKey Ideas in Tort Law\u003c\/em\u003e, unpack complex legal doctrines and their practical implications, making them essential reading for students and practitioners alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on themes of justice and constitutional theory, Cane’s writing challenges conventional perspectives, as seen in titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Distorting Lens of Convergent Constitutional Theory\u003c\/em\u003e. His collection provides valuable insights into the evolving landscape of law and its foundational concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-distorting-lens-of-convergent-constitutional-theory-by-professor-peter-cane-9781509988464","title":"The Distorting Lens of Convergent Constitutional Theory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Distorting Lens of Convergent Constitutional Theory\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the near-universal acceptance of a US-style, Western constitutional paradigm as the best basis for comparative constitutional studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt does so on three main grounds: anachronism, ‘othering’, and cultural specificity. Main pillars of ‘convergent constitutional theory’ are rooted in the revolutionary, late-eighteenth century – a lost world; constitutional arrangements that deviate from the paradigm are often branded as ‘outliers’ or even as not constitutional at all; and the foundations of the paradigm in liberal democracy give no space for other forms of constitutionalism. Whatever the attractions of convergent theory as a normative ideal of good government, for the purposes of understanding, analysing, and explaining constitutional systems it is far from ideal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book discusses and questions: convergent theory’s weddedness to writing as the technology of constitution-making; its image of a constitution as fundamental law; its idea that a constitution expresses the ‘sovereignty of the people’; its use of tripartite separation of powers as the basic principle of institutional design; its relative neglect of administrative law; its association of ‘rights’ with judicially enforceable bills of rights; and its obsession with a vaguely specified concept of ‘democracy’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt makes suggestions for alternative, preferable methods of understanding, analysing, and explaining constitutions, and governmental and constitutional systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464314470636,"sku":"9781509988464","price":176.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509988464-the-distorting-lens-of-convergent-constitutional-theory.jpg?v=1775046654"},{"product_id":"key-ideas-in-tort-law-by-professor-peter-cane-9781509909421","title":"Key Ideas in Tort Law","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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 people’s behaviour, and the political and social environments within which it operates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also provides the reader with a wealth of detail about the ideas and values that underlie tort ‘doctrine’—tort law’s rules and principles, and the way those rules and principles operate in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKey Ideas in Tort Law\u003c\/em\u003e is an accessible introduction to tort law that will provide students, scholars and practitioners alike with a fresh and engaging view of the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘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.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew Robertson, Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596722979052,"sku":"9781509909421","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509909421-key-ideas-in-tort-law.jpg?v=1777938778"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/professor-peter-cane.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}