Politics, policy and private law. Volume I, Tort, property and equity / edited by Jodi Gardner, Amy Goymour, Janet O'Sullivan and Sarah Worthington.
2023
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Politics, policy and private law. Volume I, Tort, property and equity / edited by Jodi Gardner, Amy Goymour, Janet O'Sullivan and Sarah Worthington.
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Gardner, Jodi, 1986- editor.
Goymour, Amy, editor.
O'Sullivan, Janet, 1967- editor.
Worthington, Sarah, editor.
Goymour, Amy, editor.
O'Sullivan, Janet, 1967- editor.
Worthington, Sarah, editor.
Imprint
Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Hart Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023.
Copyright
©2023
Description
xxxi, 248 pages ; 25 cm.
Series
Hart studies in private law ; v. 45.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Must Private Law Be Private? / Nicholas J McBride
2. 'The Gig is Up': The Politics and Policy of Compensating Harms Caused by Gig Workers / Devon Airey
3. Finally, Foreseeable? The Politics and Policy of Psychiatric Injury in Australia / Kylie Burns
4. The British Politics of Medical Negligence Reform: 'Protecting Our NHS' from Claims in Tort / Jonathan Morgan
5. Judicial Gap-Filling in the Law of Torts and the Rule of Law / John Murphy
6. Negligence, Policy and 'Novel Exceptions' / Janet O'Sullivan
7. Private Law Failings and Policy Development Following the Grenfell Tower Fire / Susan Bright and Ben McFarlane
8. The Law of Co-ownership: Pretence, Prevarication and Pusillanimity / Martin Dixon
9. The Politics and Principle of Pursuing 'Fairness' in Family Property Matters / Joanna Miles
10. Modern-Day Mortgages: Moving Beyond the Mortgagee's Right to Possession / Jenny Russell
11. Inequality and Inheritance Law in England and Wales: A Multifaceted Relationship / Brian Sloan.
2. 'The Gig is Up': The Politics and Policy of Compensating Harms Caused by Gig Workers / Devon Airey
3. Finally, Foreseeable? The Politics and Policy of Psychiatric Injury in Australia / Kylie Burns
4. The British Politics of Medical Negligence Reform: 'Protecting Our NHS' from Claims in Tort / Jonathan Morgan
5. Judicial Gap-Filling in the Law of Torts and the Rule of Law / John Murphy
6. Negligence, Policy and 'Novel Exceptions' / Janet O'Sullivan
7. Private Law Failings and Policy Development Following the Grenfell Tower Fire / Susan Bright and Ben McFarlane
8. The Law of Co-ownership: Pretence, Prevarication and Pusillanimity / Martin Dixon
9. The Politics and Principle of Pursuing 'Fairness' in Family Property Matters / Joanna Miles
10. Modern-Day Mortgages: Moving Beyond the Mortgagee's Right to Possession / Jenny Russell
11. Inequality and Inheritance Law in England and Wales: A Multifaceted Relationship / Brian Sloan.
Summary
This is a landmark and ambitious research project looking at private law through the policy prism undertaken by a team of acknowledged experts in their fields. The majority of existing literature diminishes the impact of policy in the development of legal principles, impeding a deeper understanding of it. Part of a two-part study, this first volume explores tort law, property law and equity. Both studies engage with modern challenges and technical developments that now inform private law, with chapters looking at the Grenfell disaster, compensation of medical injuries post COVID-19, the gig economy and co-ownership. They also explore traditional private law areas through a novel lens, such as psychological injury and the impact of fairness and/or equality obligations. They highlight the similarities and differences across many aspects of private law, allowing for a richer analysis across all the strands of private law.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Politics, policy and private law. Volume 1.
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K600 .P65 2023
Language
English
ISBN
9781509960965 hardcover
1509960961 hardcover
9781509960989 electronic book
9781509960996 electronic book
9781509960972 electronic book
1509960961 hardcover
9781509960989 electronic book
9781509960996 electronic book
9781509960972 electronic book
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