State Liability, 9780199272648
Hardcover
Features lectures that examine the compensation culture and the consequential pressure on courts to widen the range of situations in which individuals can claim damages from the State. This book argues that this trend towards judicialization is undesirable, and that use should be made of extrajudicial remedies.

State Liability

tort law and beyond

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  • Hardcover

    168 pages

  • Release Date

    7 October 2004

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Summary

The lectures presented in this volume examine the fast-growing compensation culture and the consequential pressure on courts to widen the range of situations in which individuals can claim damages from the State. Within domestic legal systems, there has been a considerable extension of tortious liability which is impinging on the State and its resources. These lectures address statutory and administrative compensation, and examine the influence of group actions andof globalization. Pressure o…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199272648
ISBN-10:0199272646
Series:Clarendon Law Lectures
Author:Carol Harlow
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:168
Release Date:7 October 2004
Weight:331g
Dimensions:224mm x 146mm x 15mm
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Critics Review

there is certainly much here to inform, interest and provoke.

there is certainly much here to inform, interest and provoke. * European Tort Law *

About The Author

Carol Harlow

Carol Harlow is Emeritus Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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