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Eric Descheemaeker - The Division of Wrongs. A Historical Comparative Study.  - 9780199562794 - V9780199562794
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The Division of Wrongs. A Historical Comparative Study.

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Description for The Division of Wrongs. A Historical Comparative Study. Civilian Law, in contrast to common law, structures its law of wrongs according to degree of blameworthiness. This book explores the history of this structure from Roman law to modern French law, and argues that adopting such a division would clarify confusions in the common law of torts. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: LAM; LAZ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
The common law, despite procedural divisions, has only ever had one class of civil wrongs. The civilians, by contrast, have typically split their law of wrongs in two, one group being called delicts and the other quasi-delicts. Yet this division, which originated in Roman law, remains mysterious: it is clear neither where the line was drawn nor why a separation was made along this line. This book does two things. In the first two parts, it investigates the origins of the division and its development in a modern civilian jurisdiction, France. What is argued for is that the ... Read more

Product Details

Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199562794
SKU
V9780199562794
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About Eric Descheemaeker
Eric Descheemaeker is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol; previously, Fellow and Tutor in Law at St Catherine's College, Oxford.

Reviews for The Division of Wrongs. A Historical Comparative Study.
Dr Descheemaeker's book is genuinely to be welcomed as a fine piece of historical research and analysis on the doctrine devoted to legal classification.
Geoffrey Samuel, Cambridge Law Journal
...this book is to be recommended...After two introductory chapters, the work is in three parts...in addition to advancing the overall thesis, each part contains valuable arguments with respect to ... Read more

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