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Tort Law Defences
Series: Hart Studies in Private Law
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Ideal for legal scholars, law students specialising in tort law, and legal practitioners seeking greater clarity and a systematic framework for tort law defences.
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The law of torts recognises many defences to liability. While some of these defences have been explored in detail, scant attention has been given to the theoretical foundations of defences generally. In particular, no serious attempt has been made to explain how defences relate to each other or to the torts to which they pertain. The goal of this book is to reduce the size of this substantial gap in our understanding of tort law. The principal way in which it attempts to do so is by developing a taxonomy of defences. The book shows that much can be learned about a given defence from the way in which it is classified.
This new paperback edition contains a substantial preface in which the author responds to critics.
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‘James Goudkamp’s book can rightly claim to be the first serious attempt to examine tort law defences systematically and it is a very important addition to the private law canon … [His] analysis is consistently thought-provoking … [T]his book will provide the framework for future analysis of all private law defences’.
Graham Virgo, The Cambridge Law Journal
‘This book … is the first sustained attempt in the modern law to explore the theoretical foundations of the defences to liability recognised by the law of tort and their interrelationship ... [It is] an instant classic’.
Ken Oliphant and Annette Morris, Yearbook of European Tort Law
‘James Goudkamp’s Tort Law Defences fills a startling gap in tort law scholarship… [It] provides an impressive foundation for the future study of defences, and will undoubtedly become the standard against which all other works are measured’.
Erika Chamberlain, Canadian Business Law Journal
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Praised as a pioneering and rigorous work, Tort Law Defences is recognised for its clear, thorough, and insightful analysis. Legal experts commend the book as a foundational text that provides a much-needed systematic framework for understanding defences in tort law. Reviewers highlight its thoughtful scholarship, analytical depth, and usefulness for both academics and practitioners, predicting it will become a standard reference in the field.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781509905027
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 June 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 154.0mm
Height: 232.0mm
Weight: 440g
Pages: 288
About the Author
James Goudkamp is a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, and an Associate Professor in the Oxford Law Faculty. He holds or has held visiting positions at Harvard Law School, the Inner Temple, the National University of Singapore, the University of Western Australia and the University of Wollongong. James is also a barrister at 7 King's Bench Walk. Tort Law Defences was the Joint Runner-up for the Peter Birk's Prize for Oustanding Legal Scholarship (2014).
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