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Private law governs our most pervasive relationships with other people: the wrongs we do to one another, the property we own and exclude from others' use, the contracts we make and break, and the benefits realized at another's expense that we cannot justly retain. The major rules of private law are well known, but how they are organized, explained, and justified is a matter of fierce debate by lawyers, economists, and philosophers. Ernest Weinrib made a seminal contribution to the understanding of private law with his first book, The Idea of Private Law. In it, he argued that there is a special morality intrinsic to private law: the morality of corrective justice. By understanding the nature...
"Designed as an introduction for tort law students, this book offers a probing analysis of basic concepts and an examination of the everyday human problems that this area of law addresses. The Honourable Allen M. Linden and Professors Lewis N. Klar and Bruce Feldthusen bring to bear a wealth of experience in the classroom and from the bench to guide students through this fundamental aspect of the Canadian judicial tradition."--Publisher's description.
In the turbulent arena of armed conflicts, Tort Liability in Warfare: States' Wrongs and Civilians' Rights emerges as a groundbreaking exploration of civilians' legal recourse against states for losses to life, bodily integrity, and property. With a fresh perspective informed by corrective justice, the law of war, and substantive rule of law principles, Haim Abraham constructs a novel framework for understanding the moral and legal obligation of states to civilians in the aftermath of combat, and proposes that existing domestic tort law could and should address wrongful losses in this context. This book boldly confronts the prevailing academic and legal orthodoxy which dismisses the applicat...
Elucidates the concept of causation in competition law damages and outlines its practical implications through relevant case law.
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This expanded and updated quick-reference source reflects recent changes in Canadian law. It provides a concise guide to legal citation, and information on relevant source materials, particularly cases and statutes. Barron’s Canadian Law Dictionary defines all important legal terms, including those that have arisen in the new and developing areas of Canada’s national, provincial, and local laws. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is presented in its entirety. This latest revised edition provides new material on the Canadian court system. Here is an exceptionally useful reference source for Canadian law students, practitioners, legal secretaries, and anyone seeking general information on details of Canadian law.