Just between the law and us
Subtitle: obligations
By: edited by Neil Sargent and Logan Atkinson
Series: Canadian legal studies series; Canadian legal studies series
Publisher: Captus Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Concord, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781553222330
Subjects: Civil law; Textbooks; Cases; Droit civil; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur; Jurisprudence
Other titles: Introduction to private law relationships.
Description: "Just Between the Law and Us: Obligations is an edited collection of readings in private law theory, focusing in particular on the social and philosophical context of private law rules. The book is intended to assist readers in developing a critical understanding of contract and tort law and the law of fiduciaries, all in the context of some basic assumptions underlying private law rules. For purposes of illustration, the readings include extensive excerpts from leading cases and thoughtful academic commentary."--pub. desc.
Notes: Previously published as part of Just between the law and us : introductory readings in private law. First eds. published under title: Introduction to private law relationships.

"This is the first publication of Just between the law and us: volume 2 - obligations, at least in this format."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1 Contract and Voluntary Obligation; title: (a) The Essence of Contract (Brian Coote); title: (b) Contracts, Promises and the Law of Obligations (P.S. Atiyah); title: (c) Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co; title: (d) Gilbert Steel Ltd. v. University Construction Ltd; title: (e) Non-Contractual Relationships in Business: A Preliminary Study (Stewart Macaulay); title: (f) Balfour v. Balfour; title: (g) Family Law Act; title: (h) Contract Marriage; title: The Way Forward or Dead End? (David McLellan); title: (i) In Re Baby M; title: 2 Judicial Intervention in Contract; title: (a) Tilden Rent-A-Car Co. v. Clendenning; title: (b) Culpable Silence: Liability for Non-disclosure in the Contractual Arena (Shannon Kathleen O&#x2019;Byrne); title: (c) Sevidal v. Chopra; title: (d) Geffen v. Goodman Estate; title: (e) Lloyds Bank Ltd. v. Bundy; title: (f) Pelech v. Pelech; title: 3 Consequences of Non-Performance in Contract; title: (a) Hadley v. Baxendale; title: (b) Hadley v. Baxendale, A Study in the Industrialization of the Law (Richard Danzig); title: (c) Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal & Mining Company; title: (d) Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd; title: (e) Lumley v. Wagner; title: 4 The Nature of Tort Law; title: (a) The Functions of Tort Law (Allen M. Linden); title: (b) Some Recent Obituaries of Tort Law (Arthur Ripstein); title: (c) The Future of Tort Law: Mapping the Contours of the Debate (Michael J. Trebilcock); title: (d) Mass Torts (Jamie Cassels); title: 5 Foundations of Liability in Tort; title: (a) Buchan v. Ortho Pharmaceutical (Canada) Ltd; title: (b) Pittman Estate v. Bain, Toronto Hospital and Canadian Red Cross Society; title: (c) Jordan House Ltd. v. Menow; title: (d) Stewart v. Pettie; title: (e) Childs v. Desormeaux; title: (f) Dobson (Litigation Guardian of) v. Dobson; title: (g) Helen Palsgraf v. The Long Island Railroad Company; title: (h) Palsgraf Revisited (William L. Prosser); title: (i) Alcock v. Chief Constable of South Yorkshire; title: (j) Corothers v. Slobodian; title: (k) Clarke v. Canada (TD); title: (l) Bazley v. Curry; title: 6 Compensation in Tort Law; title: (a) Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd; title: (b) A Critique of American Tort Law (Richard L. Abel); title: (c) Hoovering as a Hobby and Other Stories: Gendered Assessments of Personal Injury Damages (Regina Graycar); title: (d) Family Law Act; title: (e) The No-Fault Concept and Its History in Canada (Craig Brown); title: (f) Multi-Provincial/Territorial Assistance Program Agreement; title: (g) Compensation Package Leaves Victims Bitter (Sharon Kirkey); title: 7 Fiduciary Relationships; title: (a) Fiduciary Relationships (Timothy G. Youdan); title: (b) Norberg v. Wynrib; title: (c) Guerin v. Canada; title: (d) Frame v. Smith; title: (e) M.(K.) v. M.(H.); title: (f) Lac Minerals Ltd. v. International Corona Resources Ltd; title: (g) Canada Aero Service Ltd. v. O&#x2019;Malley; title: 8 The Public/Private Distinction Revisited; title: (a) Compensation for Damage Caused by Government (Peter W. Hogg, Q.C.); title: (b) Kamloops v. Nielsen; title: (c) Just v. British Columbia; title: (d) Jane Doe v. Metropolitan Toronto (Municipality) Commissioners of Police; title: (e) B.(W.R.) v. Plint.