Vicarious liability in tort : (Record no. 15726)
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| fixed length control field | 02118cam a2200217 a 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521763370 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0521763371 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780511909764 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0511909764 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | KN30 .G54 2010 |
| Item number | 1 |
| MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Giliker, Paula. |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Vicarious liability in tort : |
| Remainder of title | a comparative perspective / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Paula Giliker. |
| Copyright Date | |
| Place of publication | NEW YORK, USA. |
| Name of publisher | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Year of publication or production | 2010 |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xliii, 280 p. ; |
| SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | What is vicarious liability? -- Establishing a general framework for liability -- The employer/employee relationship : identifying the contract of employment -- Special difficulties : borrowed employees and temporary workers -- Other relationships giving rise to liability -- Acting in the course of one's employment/functions/assigned tasks : determining the scope of vicarious liability -- Parental liability for the torts of their children : a new form of vicarious liability? -- Understanding vicarious liability : reconciling policy and principle -- A postscript : a harmonised European law of vicarious liability? |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Vicarious liability is controversial: a principle of strict liability in an area dominated by fault-based liability. By making an innocent party pay compensation for the torts of another, it can also appear unjust. Yet it is a principle found in all Western legal systems, be they civil law or common law. Despite uncertainty as to its justifications, it is accepted as necessary. In our modern global economy, we are unlikely to understand its meaning and rationale through study of one legal system alone. Using her considerable experience as a comparative tort lawyer, Paula Giliker examines the principle of vicarious liability (or, to a civil lawyer, liability for the acts of others) in England and Wales, Australia, Canada, France and Germany, and with reference to legal systems in countries such as the United States, New Zealand and Spain"--Provided by publisher. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Respondeat superior. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Third parties (Law) |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | moys |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| FACULTY OF LAW LIBRARY | FACULTY OF LAW LIBRARY | 07/04/2025 | KN30 .G54 2010 | 0028674 | Books |