Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law - Softcover

Deakin, Simon; Johnston, Angus; Markesinis QC, Basil

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9780199282463: Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law

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ISBN 10: 0199282463 ISBN 13: 9780199282463

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007

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Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law is an authoritative, analytical, and well established textbook. It provides a general overview of the law and full discussion of the academic debates on all major topics for students and their lecturers, highlighting the relationship between the common law, legislation, and judicial policy. In addition, the authors provide a variety of comparative and economic perspectives upon the law of tort and its likely development, which will also be of interest to practitioners and judges. In this edition the authors have broken the material down into a greater number of smaller chapters, and restructured the book to bring together closely related topics, mapping to undergraduate law courses. Key recent developments, including the impact of the Human Rights Act, are given clear coverage. Throughout the book the relationship between the common law, legislation, and judicial policy is a key theme, and economic and comparative analysis of the cases and issues is widely used.

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About the Author:

Professor Simon Deakin is Robert Monks Professor of Corporate Governance and a Fellow of Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge. Mr Angus Johnston is Tutor and Director of Studies in Law, Trinity Hall, Cambridge; and Newton Trust Affiliated Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge. Professor Sir Basil Markesinis QC is Professor of Common and Civil Law at University College London, and Jamail Regents Chair of Law, University of Texas.

Review:

Review from previous edition

"One of the best textbooks available to students. The text is highly readable and explains all of the relevant areas in great detail. A definite recommendation for any tort law student."
--Student Law Journal

"This book summarizes English law of tort in a detailed yet comprehensive and succinct way."
--Dr David E Zammit

"An excellent book which subjects the material to a clear academic analysis."
--John Tingle, The Nottingham Trent University

"A very, very good book"
--C Leenen, University of Maastricht

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