This collection explores the relationship between the state and private law. It does this by addressing four overlapping questions, beginning by asking why states recognise and enforce private law obligations and liabilities. It goes on to ask how the state as a legal actor is subject to private law. The third question explored relates to the relationship between private law and public law. Finally, it examines the role of the public interest in private law. With the perspectives of world-leading commentators from both academia and the judiciary, this book provides a fascinating assessment of a crucial but complex relationship.
Les mer
1. IntroductionAndrew Robertson and Jason Neyers2. The State, Obligations, and Interpretative MethodAndrew Robertson3. Diceyan Equality: Floor or Ceiling for Public Authority Liability?Erika Chamberlain4. The Liability of Public Authorities for TortsJames Edelman5. Hoist by its Own Petard: Can the State be Liable in a Civil Action for Breach of Statutory Duty?Neil Foster6. Wither the State? Challenges to Private and Public Law Created by Contracting out State FunctionsCatharine MacMillan7. Wrongful Disclosures from Police Investigations and the Citizen-State RelationshipNicole Moreham8. The Right to ResistNick McBride9. Private Law and Mass Claims: Regulating in the Place of the StateSuzanne Chiodo10. Framing Civil Actions for Wrongs as a Spectrum: From Tort Law to Pure EnforcementGrigoris Bacharis11. Remedies and the Public InterestAlexander Georgiou and Sandy Steel12. Explaining State Curbs on Contract RemediesSarah Worthington13. Public and Private in the Law of Public NuisanceArthur Ripstein14. Equity and Society: Interests and TechniquesYip Man
Les mer
A masterful examination, from leading scholars and judges, on the relationship between the state and private law.
Masterful exploration of the relationship between the state (or public law) and private law

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781509977642
Publisert
2024-11-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Hart Publishing
Vekt
658 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
336

Biographical note

Andrew Robertson is Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Jason W Neyers is Professor of Law at Western University, Canada.