Comparative Studies in the Development of the Law of Torts in Europe 3 Volume Hardback Set

This three-volume set examines the nature of legal development in Western Europe since 1850, focusing on liability for fault.

John Bell (Edited by), David Ibbetson (Edited by)

9781107023116, Cambridge University Press

, published 11 October 2012

792 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 5.6 cm, 1.55 kg

This three-volume set contains the results of the second and final stage of an AHRC-funded project which aims to examine the nature of legal development in Western Europe since 1850, focusing on liability for fault. By bringing together experts with different disciplinary backgrounds – comparative lawyers and legal historians, all with an understanding of modern tort law in their own systems – and getting them to work collaboratively, the books produce a more nuanced comparative legal history and one which is theoretically better informed. Also available, the six-volume set containing the results of the first stage of this project.

Volume 7. The Impact of Ideas on Legal Development: 1. Introduction Michael Lobban and Julia Moses
2. Responsibility, solidarity and state regulation in classical continental social theory Roger Cotterrell
3. Individual and social responsibility in nineteenth-century British political thought Sandra den Otter
4. The 'welfare state' in legal and social philosophy: origins and controversies José Harris
5. Continental European jurisprudence, 1850–2000 John Bell
6. English jurisprudence and tort theory Michael Lobban
7. The left and wrongs: Marxism, law and torts Christine Sypnowich
8. The process of codification applied to the law of delicts Jean-Louis Halpérin
9. Codifications, commentators, and courts in tort law: the perception and application of the Civil Code and the Constitution by the German legal profession Nils Jansen
10. The English codification debate and the role of jurists in the development of legal doctrines Alexandra Braun
11. Regulating workplace hazards: the role of medical, scientific and technical experts in legal change P. W. J. Bartrip
12. Expertise and the evolution of private law: the case of occupational illness in twentieth-century France Paul-André Rosental
13. The notion of a European private law and a softer side to harmonisation Lucinda Miller. Volume 8. The Impact of Institutions and Professions on Legal Development: 1. Introduction Paul Mitchell
2. England: the elaboration of fault liability Paul Mitchell
3. England: compensation for occupational injury Peter Bartrip
4. Scotland Elspeth Reid
5. France Paula Giliker
6. Germany Jens M. Scherpe
7. The Netherlands Esther Engelhard and Ivo Giesen
8. Spain I. González Pacanowska and M. García-Ripoll Montijano
9. Sweden Mårten Schultz. Volume 9. European Legal Development: Introduction
1. Method and theory
2. The place of fault in 1850 and the limits of tort law
3. Path dependency
4. Homogeneity in legal development: products and medical liability
5. Doctrinal diversity: roads and neighbours
6. Conclusion: drivers of development.

Subject Areas: Legal history [LAZ], Comparative law [LAM], Law [L]