The Development of Liability between Neighbours

This book examines the extent to which social and economic changes have had an impact on tortuous liability.

James Gordley (Edited by)

9781107475632, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 July 2014

238 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.33 kg

Cases arising from disputes between neighbours (what English law would describe in terms of the law of nuisance) fall towards the edge of the law of tort, on its boundary with the law of property. They therefore provide a good example of how the categorisation of a case can affect the liability rule: tort law is typically concerned with fault, property law with strict liability. The aim of this book is to examine the importance of these category shifts, as well as the extent to which statutory interventions, planning control and the like have had an impact on the analysis of tortuous liability.

1. Introduction to disturbances among neighbours James Gordley
2. Relationships between neighbours: England and Wales 1850–2000 Paula Giliker
3. Disturbances among neighbours in French law James Gordley
4. Disturbances between neighbours in Germany 1850–2000 Andreas Their
5. Fault liability between neighbours in the Netherlands 1850–2000 A. J. Verheij
6. Neighbourhood liability in Scotland 1850–2000 Gordon Cameron
7. Relations between neighbours in Spanish law 1850–2000 Aniceto Masferrer
Main code provisions cited.

Subject Areas: Torts / Delicts [LNV], Legal history [LAZ], Comparative law [LAM]