Private wrongs /

From the perspective of prominent positions in both moral philosophy and legal scholarship, tort law can seem baffling: people are made to pay damages when they are barely or not at fault, yet some serious harms go uncompensated. Many of these puzzles grow out of the assumption that the law's c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ripstein, Arthur (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Torts > Philosophy.
Torts > Moral and ethical aspects.
Torts.
Damages.
Liability (Law)
Personality (Law)
Responsabilité civile > Philosophie.
Responsabilité civile > Aspect moral.
Responsabilité civile.
Responsabilité (Droit)
Droit de la personnalité.
torts.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : retrieving the idea of a private wrong
  • What you already have I : your body and property
  • Using what you have : misfeasance and nonfeasance
  • Wrongdoing for which the offender must pay : negligence
  • Use what is yours in a way that does not harm your neighbor : strict liability
  • A malicious wrong in its strict legal sense : motive and intention in tort law
  • What you already have II : your own good name
  • Remedies I : as if it had never happened
  • Remedies II : before a court.

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