A Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations

ISBN-13: 9780198764120 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 352 str.

D. J. Ibbetson; David Ibbetson

Opis

In this book David Ibbetson exposes the historical layers beneath the modern rules and principles of contract, tort, and unjust enrichment. Small-scale changes caused by lawyers successfully exploiting procedural advantages are juxtaposed with changes caused by friction along the boundaries of these principal legal categories; fossilized remnants of old doctrines jostle with newer ideas in a state of half-consistent tension; and loose-knit rules of equity developed in the Chancery infiltrate themselves into more tightly controlled Common law structures.

Recenzje

This is a great work of legal history by a quite exceptional scholar. Every legal historian will recognise the magnitude of its achievement. However, it is extraordinarily important that it should not be seen as only legal history. We have never had a better path to thorough understanding of the modern law of obligations in the common law. Every university jurist who teaches all or part of that area of the law must digest the learning of this book.

O autorze

David Ibbetson is a lecturer in law at Oxford University