Accessories in Private Law

Describes and analyses the law concerning accessories in tort, contract, equity and statute across common law jurisdictions.

Joachim Dietrich (Author), Pauline Ridge (Author)

9781107063440, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 25 January 2016

484 pages, 1 b/w illus.
23.7 x 16 x 3.2 cm, 0.9 kg

Accessory liability is an often neglected but very important topic across all areas of private law. By providing a principled analytical framework for the law of accessories and identifying common themes and problems that arise in the law, this book provides much-needed clarity. It explains the fundamental concepts that are used to impose liability on accessories, particularly the conduct and mental elements of liability: 'involvement' in the primary wrong and (generally) knowledge. It also sets out in detail the specific rules and principles of liability as these operate in different areas of common law, equity and statute. A comparative study across common law and criminal law jurisdictions, including the United States, also sheds new light on what is and what is not accessory liability.

Part I. General Principles: 1. Introduction
2. Identifying accessory liability in private law
3. An analytical framework for accessory liability
4. Criminal accessory liability
Part II. Accessory Liability in Private Law: 5. Torts
6. Breach of contract
7. Infringement of equitable property rights
8. Breach of equitable duties
9. Infringement of statutory intellectual property rights
10. Other statutory wrongs
11. Wrongs involving companies
Part III: 12. Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Torts / Delicts [LNV], Contract law [LNCJ], Private / Civil law: general works [LNB], Comparative law [LAM], Law [L]