This book explores the intellectual contexts in which the development of tort law took place in Europe. With contributions from legal theorists, social and intellectual historians and comparative lawyers, it examines how conceptions of community and responsibility changed over time, providing a context both for new notions of the role of the state in protecting its citizens and for new interpretations of older private law concepts. The book also examines how the law of tort was shaped and applied by judges in the codified and uncodified systems, comparing the common law system of England with...
This book explores the intellectual contexts in which the development of tort law took place in Europe. With contributions from legal theorists, socia...
Examines Europe's first significant national policies on social welfare in the late nineteenth century, which had major implications for state-society relations.
Examines Europe's first significant national policies on social welfare in the late nineteenth century, which had major implications for state-society...
