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Divergences in Private Law
Andrew Robertson
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Description for Divergences in Private Law
Hardback. "Originally presented at the Seventh Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations held in Hong Kong in July 2014" -- ECIP galley. Editor(s): Robertson, Andrew; Tilbury, Michael. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: LAM; LNCJ; LNL; LNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 367.
This book is a study of doctrinal and methodological divergence in the common law of obligations. It explores particular departures from the common law mainstream and the causes and effects of those departures. Some divergences can be justified on the basis of a need to adapt the common law of contract, torts, equity and restitution to local circumstances, or to bring them into conformity with local values. More commonly, however, doctrinal or methodological divergence simply reflects different approaches to common problems, or different views as to what justice or policy requires in particular circumstances. In some instances divergent methodologies lead ... Read more
This book is a study of doctrinal and methodological divergence in the common law of obligations. It explores particular departures from the common law mainstream and the causes and effects of those departures. Some divergences can be justified on the basis of a need to adapt the common law of contract, torts, equity and restitution to local circumstances, or to bring them into conformity with local values. More commonly, however, doctrinal or methodological divergence simply reflects different approaches to common problems, or different views as to what justice or policy requires in particular circumstances. In some instances divergent methodologies lead ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782256601
SKU
V9781782256601
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About Andrew Robertson
Andrew Robertson is Professor of Law and Director of Studies for Private Law at Melbourne Law School in the University of Melbourne. Michael Tilbury is a Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Law School, formerly Kerry Holdings Professor in Private Law at the Faculty of Law in the University of Hong Kong.
Reviews for Divergences in Private Law
Overall, the volume is of the same high quality of its predecessors in the Obligation series.
NICHOLAS J. MCBRIDE
The Cambridge Law Journal
NICHOLAS J. MCBRIDE
The Cambridge Law Journal