Oxford Essays in Jurisprudence / Edition 4

by Jeremy Horder, Horder

Overview

The fourth collection of essays in this long-established series brings together some of the leading contributors to the study of the philosophical foundations of common law. Key issues in contract, tort, and criminal law are subjected to philosophical scrutiny, the aim being to provide an exciting new basis for advanced teaching and further research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198268581
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	03/28/2000
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Worcester College, Oxford

Table of Contents

1. The Priority of Persons, John Finnis
2. Philosophical Foundations of Common Law, Nicola Lacey
3. Consequences in Judicial Reasoning, Peter Cane
4. Perspectives in Causation, Jane Stapleton
5. Can Negligence be Culpable?, Andrew Simester
6. Towards a Theory of Contract, Stephen Smith
7. Inducing Breach of Contract, Roderick Bagshaw
8. Incomplete Agreements, Timothy Endicott
9. The Irrelevance of Motive in Criminal Law, Jeremy Horder
10. The Wrongness of Rape, John Gardner and Stephen Shute
11. Conceptual Foundations of Tort law, Nicholas McBride
12. Collective v. Distributive Justice, Stephen Perry