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State Liability in Tort: A Comparative Law Study »
Authors: Duncan Fairgrieve
ISBN-13: 9780199258055, ISBN-10: 0199258058
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: May 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Duncan Fairgrieve
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Book Synopsis
This book examines financial compensation for wrongs committed by public bodies including medical negligence, educational errors, child abuse by local authority carers, and police misconduct. Recent English cases are analysed and compared with European decisions. Explanation is given of ways of gaining compensation outside the courts, through complaints-procedures, ombudsmen, and statutory schemes.
Table of Contents
| 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| 2 | Overview of State Liability in English and French Law | 7 |
| 3 | Public Law Unlawfulness and Liability in Damages | 28 |
| 4 | Beyond Illegality: Liability For Fault in English and French Law | 58 |
| 5 | Lawfully Caused Loss | 136 |
| 6 | Assessing the Causal Link | 165 |
| 7 | Damage and Compensation | 189 |
| 8 | Alternative Means of Redress | 239 |
| 9 | Conclusion | 261 |
| Appendix | 285 | |
| Bibliography | 325 | |
| Index | 349 |
Subjects
Law
Tort & Liability Law Liability Law - General & Miscellaneous
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