FRance… Justifying Strict Liability: A Comparative Perspective, by Marco Cappelletti 31 Mar 202330 Mar 2023 The imposition of strict liability in tort law is controversial, and its theoretical foundations are the object of vigorous debate. Why do or should we impose strict liability on employers…
Australia… Explaining Tort and Crime (CUP 2022), by M Dyson 20 Jan 202314 Jan 2023 Explaining Tort and Crime describes how English examples of the relationship between tort and crime have developed over the last 170 years, testing those explanations against examples from other legal…
Common law world… Event – Vicarious Liability in the Common Law World 13 Jan 202312 Jan 2023 The new University of Bristol Centre for Private and Commercial Law will be formally launched on 8 February 2023 starting at 17.00-19.00 in the Lady Hale Moot Court 8-10 Berkeley…
Seminar… Comparative Torts – Liability for AI, by Emmanuelle Lemaire 9 Dec 202228 Jul 2023 The BACL Annual Seminar, chaired by Professor TT Arvind (York University), took place online on 6th September 2022 at the start of Society of Legal Scholar’s Annual Conference at King’s…
Common law world… Vicarious Liability in the Common Law World, edited by Paula Giliker 21 Oct 202226 Sep 2022 The common law doctrine of vicarious liability in tort is both controversial and on the move. In the last 20 years, this doctrine – which holds one party (usually an…
Torts Three Liability Regimes for Artificial Intelligence – Algorithmic Actants, Hybrids, Crowds (Bloomsbury 2022), by Anna Beckers and Gunther Teubner 17 Jun 202214 Jun 2022 Who is liable when autonomous digital systems are going astray and causing significant damage? Who should bear the consequences when algorithmic interaction on financial markets causes so-called flash crashes? Who…
Torts Is the German Law of Torts prepared for climate disruption?, by P Semmelmayer 3 Jun 20223 Jun 2022 With the case of Lliuya v RWE AG, the question of the extent to which climate change and tort law are “compatible” has also reached Germany. In the following, I…
Comparative contracts… Comparative Law of Obligations (Edward Elgar 2021), by Dario Moura Vicente 4 Feb 202225 Jan 2022 Albeit universally known, the concept of Law of Obligations is far from being a unitary one in the various legal traditions. This book provides a comparative overview of the fundamental…
Torts… Comparative Tort Law – Global Perspectives (Edward Elgar 2021), by Mauro Bussani and Anthony Sebok 2 Nov 202111 Apr 2022 Common questions This book is an edited collection of twenty-four essays aiming to provide a framework for reflection and analysis about tort law and its recent developments in ‘Western’ and…
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