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Research Handbook on Remedies in Private Law

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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The purpose and doctrinal structure of private law remedies has undergone fundamental questioning over the last 25 years. This Research Handbook comprehensively and authoritatively reviews the contemporary challenges in research regarding remedies in private law. The Research Handbook on Remedies in Private Law focuses on the most important issues throughout contract, equity, restitution and tort law as they have arisen in the major common law jurisdictions, touching upon those of other jurisdictions where pertinent. Leading contributors from across the globe thoroughly analyse the steps taken to improve the clarity and functioning of the law and examine additions to the law's difficulties.Providing a uniquely in-depth engagement with the doctrine and theory of the topic, this Research Handbook will be of great interest to academics and students working and studying contract, equity, restitution or tort law, as well as practising lawyers in the field.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-10-08
Mått169 x 244 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieResearch Handbooks in Private and Commercial Law series
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781786431264

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Contents:Preface: Stewart Macaulay, University of WisconsinIntroduction: David Campbell, Lancaster and Roger Halson, LeedsA. General issues 1. Is remedies a subject?Steve Hedley2. The modern history of remedies for breach of contractStephen Waddams3. The modern history of remedies in tortPaul Mitchell4. Personal injury compensation and civil justice paradigmsAnnette Morris5. Remedies and reality in the law of contractCatherine MitchellB. The protected interests6. The limitations on ‘reliance’ damages for breach of contractDavid McLauchlan7. RestitutionPeter Jaffey8. The performance interestDavid Winterton9. Remedies for breach of trustDuncan SheehanC. Specific issues10. Termination of contract for fundamental breachQiao Liu11. Literal enforcement of obligationsAndrew Tettenborn12. Damages for non-pecuniary lossRoger Halson13. Remedies for common mistake and frustrationCatharine Macmillan14. Market damages and their relationship to the general principles of remedies for breach of contractDavid Campbell15. Consumer law and the Consumer Rights Act 2015James Devenney16. Injunctions through the lens of nuisanceRobert Palmer and Ben Pontin17. Gain-based damagesKaty BarnettD. Insights from other jurisdictions18. Remedies for breach of contract in Scots lawLaura MacGregor19. Australian perspectives on contract damagesSirko Harder20. Canadian perspectives on contract remediesJeff Berryman21. New Zealand perspectives on contract remediesRick Bigwood22. Remedies in International InstrumentsEwan McKendrick and Xiang Ren23. Those magnificent men in their unifying machines: exploring the wreckage of the unification initiative in European private lawMel KennyE. Theoretical perspectives24. Tort law and the tort system: from vindictiveness to vindicationAllan Beever25. The structure of remedial lawSteve Smith26. Contract damages as default rulesJonathan Morgan27. A relational perspective on contract law’s default rules, with an emphasis on remediesWilliam WhitfordIndex

'An excellent resource both for accomplished experts and those who seek an introduction to the field of private law remedies. The book covers many important issues, including the relationship between rights and remedies, the purposes of various remedies, contractual remedies in comparative perspective, and specific issues relevant to remedies law in practice.'--Normann Witzleb, Monash University, Australia