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Philosophy and the law of torts /
When accidents occur and people suffer injuries, who ought to bear the loss? Tort law offers a complex set of rules to answer this question, but up to now philosophers have offered little by way of analysis of these rules. In eight essays commissioned for this volume, leading legal theorists examine...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in philosophy and law.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction: search for an explanatory theory of Torts by Gerald J. Postema
- 2. A social contract conception of the Tort law of accidents by Gregory C. Keating
- 3. Responsibility for outcomes, risk, and the Law of Torts by Stephen R. Perry
- 4. The significance of doing and suffering by Martin Stone
- 5. Tort law and Tort theory: preliminary reflections on method by Jules Coleman
- 6. Corrective justice in an age of Mass Torts by Arthur Ripstein and Benjamin C. Zipursky
- 7. Economics, moral philosophy, and the positive analysis of Tort Law by Mark Geistfeld
- 8. Pluralism in Tort and accident law: towards a reasonable accommodation by Bruce Chapman.