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Towards a public law of tort

Title
Towards a public law of tort / Tom Cornford.
Author
Cornford, Tom.
Publication
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.

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Description
xxiii, 253 pages; 25 cm
Summary
The current system of public authority liability works by applying private law torts to public authorities. Controversially, this book argues that this approach is inadequate and proposes an alternative system.
Subject
  • Government liability > England
  • Administrative responsibility > England
  • 86.59 administrative law: other
  • Administrative responsibility
  • Government liability
  • Liability
  • Tort
  • Government
  • Tort of government
  • England
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-248) and index.
Contents
Dicey's equality principle and the state -- Principle I -- Cohen and Smith's theory of entitlement -- Principle II -- The reach of public law -- The distinctiveness of public law -- The nature of public law duties elaborated -- Implementing principle II -- Principle I and the stable and volatile parts of tort law -- Principle I and the case law on negligence -- Implementing the public approach to negligence -- Outstanding issues.
ISBN
  • 9780754646839
  • 0754646831
LCCN
2008022325
OCLC
  • ocn231031726
  • 231031726
  • SCSB-8874627
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library