"The papers in this book were initially presented at a workshop held at York Law School in May 2011" --p. [vii]. Includes bibliographical references (pages [471]-493) and index.
Contents:
Bringing statute (back) onto the radar : implications / Jenny Steele. Willem H. van Boom -- Statutes and tort defences / James Goudkamp -- The "compensation culture" and the politics of tort / Annette Morris -- A civil law for the age of statutes / James Lee -- Trade disputes legislation and the economic torts / Bob Simpson -- The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 / Donal Nolan -- Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 : collisions of a different sort / Jenny Steele -- Occupiers' liability : the enactment of "common law" principles / S.H. Bailey -- The Animals Act 1971 / Roderick Bagshaw -- Tort and personal injuries, 1850 to the present / Steve Hedley -- Tort law and workmen's compensation legislation : complementary or competing models? / Simon Deakin -- Legislating for economic loss / Keith Stanton -- Recovery of state benefits from tort damages : legislating for or against the welfare state? / Richard Lewis -- Tort law and compulsory insurance / Rob Merkin and Sheila Dziobon -- Tort law, regulation and river pollution : the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act and its implementation, 1876-1951 / Michael Lobban -- Tort law, actors in the "enterprise economy", and articulations of nineteenth-century capitalism with law : the Fraudulent Trustees Act 1857 in context / Sarah Wilson -- Occupying the field : tort and the pre-emptive statute / Maria Lee -- Restraining the state through tort? : The Crown Proceedings Act in retrospect / T.T. Arvind -- The Human Rights Act and its impact on the law of tort / Hugh Tomlinson -- Bringing statute (back) onto the radar : implications / Jenny Steele.
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