Leading cases in the common law
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0198258526
ISBN 13
9780198258520
DDC
340.5
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
1995
Publisher
Pages
xii, 311 pages
Subject
United Kingdom Common Law
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Abstract
"Brian Simpson's new book addresses the phenomenon of the leading case - the judicial decision which acquires a timeless quality, coming to stand for some legal idea, principle, or doctrine thought to be central to the casuistic tradition of the common law. How do such cases arise in the first place? Can we tell why they were decided as they were? How do they come to achieve their special status?..." - Cover
Description
Contents:
1. The study of cases -- 2. Politics and law in Elizabethan England: Shelley's Case (1581) -- 3. The timeless principles of the common law: Keeble v. Hickeringill (1707) -- 4. Legal science and legal absurdity: Jee v. Audley (1787) -- 5. A case of first impression: Priestley v. Fowler (1837) -- 6. The beauty of obscurity: Raffles v. Wichelhaus and Busch (1864) -- 7. Victorian judges and the problem of social cost: Tipping v. St. Helen's Smelting Company (1865) -- 8. Bursting reservoirs and Victorian tort law: Rylands and Horrocks v. Fletcher (1868) -- 9. The ideal of the rule of law: Regina v. Keyn (1876) -- 10. Quackery and contract law: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company (1893).
1. The study of cases -- 2. Politics and law in Elizabethan England: Shelley's Case (1581) -- 3. The timeless principles of the common law: Keeble v. Hickeringill (1707) -- 4. Legal science and legal absurdity: Jee v. Audley (1787) -- 5. A case of first impression: Priestley v. Fowler (1837) -- 6. The beauty of obscurity: Raffles v. Wichelhaus and Busch (1864) -- 7. Victorian judges and the problem of social cost: Tipping v. St. Helen's Smelting Company (1865) -- 8. Bursting reservoirs and Victorian tort law: Rylands and Horrocks v. Fletcher (1868) -- 9. The ideal of the rule of law: Regina v. Keyn (1876) -- 10. Quackery and contract law: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company (1893).
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302) and index.
Number of Copies
1
