A history of civil litigation
Subtitle: Political and economic perspectives
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780195391916
Copyright date: 2011
Description: This text studies the expansion of civil liability from 1466 to 1980, and the cessation of that growth in 1980. It evaluates the creation of tort causes of action during the period of 1400-1980. Re-evaluation and limitation of those developments from 1980, to the present, are specifically considered.
Table of contents: title: 1. The development of civil liability 1466-1916; title: 2. The dissatisfaction with negligence: policies supporting strict liability 1916-1980; title: 3. The core issue in strict liability: an appropriate test for defect; title: 4. Legal reform emanates from the corporate boardroom, 1980-present; title: 5. Corporations write the law; title: 6. The application of concepts to contemporary examples