The common law of obligations divergence and unity / edited by Andrew Robertson and Michael Tilbury.

Author/creator Conference on the Law of Obligations
Other author Robertson, Andrew, 1966-
Other author Tilbury, M. J. (Michael J.)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2016.
Descriptionxxxvi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Contents Unity, divergence and convergence in the common law of obligations / Andrew Robertson and Michael Tilbury -- The influence of comparative law on the English law of obligations / Andrew Burrows -- Unity, then divergence : the Privy Council, the common law of England and the common law of Canada, Australia and New Zealand / Paul Finn -- A conscious effort to develop a "different" common law of obligations : a possible endeavour? / Goh Yihan -- A common law of tort : is there a European rift in the common law family? / Paula Giliker -- A judicial perspective on the development of common law doctrine in the light of statute law / Anthony Mason -- Public actors and private obligations : a judicial perspective / Sian Elias -- The tort liability of public authorities : a comparative analysis / Peter Cane -- We'll meet again : convergence in the private law treatment of public bodies / Niamh Connolly -- How to have a common private law : the presuppositions of legal conversation / Allan Beever -- The philosophies of the common law and their implications : common law divergences, public authority liability and the future of a common law world / Dan Priel -- Obligations, governance and society : bringing the state back in / TT Arvind -- Divergent evolution in the law of torts : jurisdictional isolation, jurisprudential divergence and explanatory theories / James Gouldkamp and John Murphy -- Common law values : the role of party autonomy in private law / Sarah Worthington.
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LCCN 2015039087
ISBN9781782256564 (hardback)

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