Altruism in Private Law: Liability for Nonfeasance and Negotiorum Gestio

ISBN-13: 9780199280056 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 226 str.

Jeroen Kortmann

Opis

This book examines two problems in private law which are posed by the 'Good Samaritan': First, is an intervener under a legal duty to come to the aid of a fellow human being and does he incur any criminal or tortious liability if he fails to do so? Second, having intervened, is an intervener entitled to reimbursement of expenses, remuneration, reward, or compensation for any loss he might have suffered? Does or should the remedy depend on the success of the intervention? The author examines and compares the varied responses of the Roman, French, German, and English legal systems to these problems.

Recenzje

Without doubt ... [Kortmann] deserves much praise for a book that is certain to captivate the reader. ... His arguments are well written and ...demonstrate a heartwarming erudition

O autorze

Jeoren Kortmann has been a lecturer in Roman Law at The Queen's College, Oxford and is at present Attorney at Law at Stibbe, Amsterdam, and a member of the Amsterdam Bar.