Paul Mitchell is Professor of Laws at University College London, where his main research interests are the law of tort, contract and unjust enrichment.

• 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Definition and theory; 3. War; 4. Women; 5. Children; 6. Media; 7. Roads; 8. Workmen; Part II: 9. The Law Revision Committee; 10. Death; 11. Contribution; 12. Husbands; 13. Contributory negligence; 14. Conclusion: beyond 1950; Appendix. Gutteridge and Lipstein on defamation: 'Defamation in European Systems of Law' by K. Lipstein; 'General Observations' by H. C. Gutteridge.

'… [Mitchell] has sought in this book to locate English tort law in the period 1900 to 1950 in its contemporary legal and social context. In the task that he set himself he has succeeded admirably, and the result will be of considerable interest not only to legal historians and tort lawyers, but to many more besides.' Donal Nolan, Irish Jurist

Paul Mitchell is Professor of Laws at University College London, where his main research interests are the law of tort, contract and unjust enrichment.

• 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Definition and theory; 3. War; 4. Women; 5. Children; 6. Media; 7. Roads; 8. Workmen; Part II: 9. The Law Revision Committee; 10. Death; 11. Contribution; 12. Husbands; 13. Contributory negligence; 14. Conclusion: beyond 1950; Appendix. Gutteridge and Lipstein on defamation: 'Defamation in European Systems of Law' by K. Lipstein; 'General Observations' by H. C. Gutteridge.

'… [Mitchell] has sought in this book to locate English tort law in the period 1900 to 1950 in its contemporary legal and social context. In the task that he set himself he has succeeded admirably, and the result will be of considerable interest not only to legal historians and tort lawyers, but to many more besides.' Donal Nolan, Irish Jurist

Paul Mitchell is Professor of Laws at University College London, where his main research interests are the law of tort, contract and unjust enrichment.

• 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Definition and theory; 3. War; 4. Women; 5. Children; 6. Media; 7. Roads; 8. Workmen; Part II: 9. The Law Revision Committee; 10. Death; 11. Contribution; 12. Husbands; 13. Contributory negligence; 14. Conclusion: beyond 1950; Appendix. Gutteridge and Lipstein on defamation: 'Defamation in European Systems of Law' by K. Lipstein; 'General Observations' by H. C. Gutteridge.

'… [Mitchell] has sought in this book to locate English tort law in the period 1900 to 1950 in its contemporary legal and social context. In the task that he set himself he has succeeded admirably, and the result will be of considerable interest not only to legal historians and tort lawyers, but to many more besides.' Donal Nolan, Irish Jurist