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  • In Praise of Litigation

    by Alexandra Lahav ...
    While the right to have one's day in court is a cherished feature of the American democratic system, alarms that the United States is hopelessly litigious and awash in frivolous claims have become so commonplace that they are now a fixture in the popular imagination. According to this view, litigation wastes precious resources, stifles innovation and productivity, and corrodes our social fabric ... Read more

    $21.59 CAD

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  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lawsuits

    Successfully Navigate the Complex Civil Court System

    by Victoria E. Green J.D. ...
    Have you been confused by a lawsuit? We can help.Millions of civil lawsuits are filed in the U.S. court system, costing billions of dollars in legal fees to those involved. The process is so complex that few people can pursue civil action without professional help, leaving them totally at a lawyer's mercy. Yet how many people truly know what they're getting into when they're involved in a lawsuit? ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Law of Misstatements

    50 Years on from Hedley Byrne v Heller

    Edited by Professor Kit Barker, Ross Grantham, Professor Warren Swain ...
    Series series Hart Studies in Private Law
    2013 was the 50th anniversary of the House of Lords' landmark decision in Hedley Byrne v Heller. This international collection of essays brings together leading experts from five of the most important jurisdictions in which the case has been received (the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, Canada and Australia) to reappraise its implications from a number of complementary perspectives ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Human Rights in Private Law

    Edited by Professor Dan Friedmann, Daphne Barak-Erez ...
    Traditionally,the theory of human rights limited its application to the public domain, namely the relationships between individuals and public authorities. The great expansion of human rights legislation and concepts in modern national and international law has given rise to a major issue relating to their potential impact on private relationships. This book examines this important topic, which ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Uncertain Causation in Tort Law

    Edited by Miquel Martín-Casals, Diego M. Papayannis ...
    This discussion of causal uncertainty in tort liability adopts a comparative approach in order to highlight the important normative, epistemological and procedural implications of the various proposed solutions. Occupying a middle ground between the legal perspective and the philosophical views that are at stake when it comes to the resolution of tort law cases in a context of causal uncertainty, ... Read more

    $135.99 CAD

  • Damages and Compensation Culture

    Comparative Perspectives

    Edited by Eoin Quill, Raymond J Friel ...
    The focus of the essays in this book is on the relationship between compensation culture, social values and tort damages for personal injuries. A central concern of the public and political perception of personal injuries claims is the high cost of tort claims to society, reflected in insurance premiums, often accompanied by an assumption that tort law and practice is flawed and improperly raising ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • The Myth of the Litigious Society

    Why We Don't Sue

    by David M. Engel ...
    Why do Americans seem to sue at the slightest provocation? The answer may surprise you: we don't! For every "Whiplash Charlie" who sees a car accident as a chance to make millions, for every McDonald's customer to pursue a claim over a too-hot cup of coffee, many more Americans suffer injuries but make no claims against those responsible or their insurance companies. The question is not why ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Accessories in Private Law

    by Joachim Dietrich, Pauline Ridge ...
    Accessory liability is an often neglected but very important topic across all areas of private law. By providing a principled analytical framework for the law of accessories and identifying common themes and problems that arise in the law, this book provides much-needed clarity. It explains the fundamental concepts that are used to impose liability on accessories, particularly the conduct and ... Read more

    $164.99 CAD

  • The Litigation State

    Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the U.S.

    by Sean Farhang ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    Of the 1.65 million lawsuits enforcing federal laws over the past decade, 3 percent were prosecuted by the federal government, while 97 percent were litigated by private parties. When and why did private plaintiff-driven litigation become a dominant model for enforcing federal regulation? The Litigation State shows how government legislation created the nation's reliance upon private litigation, ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Comparing Tort and Crime

    Learning from across and within Legal Systems

    Edited by Matthew Dyson ...
    The fields of tort and crime have much in common in practice, particularly in how they both try to respond to wrongs and regulate future behaviour. Despite this commonality in fact, fascinating difficulties have hitherto not been resolved about how legal systems co-ordinate (or leave wild) the border between tort and crime. What is the purpose of tort law and criminal law, and how do you tell the ... Read more

    $184.99 CAD

  • Civil Liability for Animals

    by Peter North ...
    A comprehensive analysis of liability for animals this book covers harm done by dangerous and straying animals including both dangerous and non-dangerous species. Including a separate chapter on special provisions relating to dogs it provides unique guidance from an internationally renowned legal scholar. The book takes account of the decisions of the courts which have applied, interpreted and ... Read more

    $69.99 CAD

  • A Theory of Tort Liability

    by Allan Beever ...
    Series series Hart Studies in Private Law
    This book provides a comprehensive theory of the rights upon which tort law is based and the liability that flows from violating those rights. Inspired by the account of private law contained in Immanuel Kant's Metaphysics of Morals, the book shows that Kant's theory elucidates a conception of interpersonal wrongdoing that illuminates the operation of tort law. The book then utilises this ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD