Turning Points of the Common Law

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-421-59860-7
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten

In this book, based on the 48th series of Hamlyn Lectures, Lord Cooke focuses on four great cases which were all major turning points in the development of the common law. In each instance he examines the effect at the time, subsequent developments in cas

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thorndon, Cooke of

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. A Real Thing: Salomon v.Salomon [1987], One Golden Thread: Woolmington v. DPP [1935], The Temptation of Elegance Resisted: Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v. Heller [1964], The Liberation of English Public Law: Anisminic Ltd v. Foreign Compensation Commission [1969].