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"In Dissenting Judgments in the Law a team of expert contributors reassess nineteen landmark cases from different areas of the law, each of which had the potential for the law to have developed in a markedly different direction. The cases have been selected on account of their continued relevance to the law today or the controversial nature of the majority’s decision. A key feature of each case was a dissenting opinion from a judge who thought that the law should develop in a different direction. The aim of the contributors is to re-evaluate important cases, such as YL v Birmingham City Council [2007] UKHL 27, Scruttons Ltd v Midland Silicones Ltd [1962] AC 446 and R v Hinks [2000] UKHL 53 by assessing the merits of the judgements given, before deciding whether the law would, in fact, have been better served by following the dissenting opinion rather than that of the majority of judges in the case. The judicial reasoning in each case is explored in depth and is contrasted with differing approaches in other jurisdictions. Where relevant, a comparative analysis is employed in order to show how the law, by not following the dissenting opinion, has developed out of step with other common law jurisdictions. Each contributor then sets out what impact the dissenting judgment might have had on the law if it had decided the case and assess where the law in that particular field would be today. ""A highly stimulating book"" Frome the Foreword by Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead ""A highly throught-provoking book which will reach out to the law student, the practitioner and the jurisprudent for the excellence of the controversies set out"" Phillip Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers"

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Author:   Neal Geach ,  Christopher Monaghan ,  Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
Publisher:   Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing
Imprint:   Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9780854900848

ISBN 10:   0854900845
Pages:   1
Publication Date:   29 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Table of Cases Table of Statutes and Secondary Legislation Table of International Materials PART I - TORT LAW 1 The Nuisance of the Proprietary Interest 2 Re-establishing the Search for Principle 3 Loss of Chance 4 Do Corporations Have an Immortal Part? - The Need to Prove Damage in Corporate Libel PART II - COMPANY AND COMMERCIAL LAW 5 Upholding Contractual Intentions 6 A Defence of Commercial Certainty in the Wake of Judicial Pragmatism 7 Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There 8 Removal of Directors PART III - EQUITY AND PROPERTY LAW 9 Fiduciary Conduct - A Tailored Application 10 The Banker's Perspective 11 Discounting Fiscal Privilege - A More Charitable Solution to the Public Benefit Question 12 Taking a Witch's Brew and Making a Consomme PART IV - PUBLIC LAW 13 Show me the Precedent! - Prerogative Powers and the Protection of the Fundamental Right not to be Exiled 14 Contracting out of the Human Rights Act 1998 PART V - CRIME AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 15 Restricting the Meaning of `Appropriation' under the Theft Act 1968 - A Cool, Calm and Rational Approach to the Issue of `Stealing' A Perfectly Valid Gift 16 How Far is too Far? - The Extent to which Consent is a Defence to Non-fatal Offences Against the Person 17 Protecting the Secret Deliberations of the Jury in the Interests of Efficiency - Has the Law `Lost its Moral Underpinning'? 18 Restricting Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice to the Truly Innocent PART VI - AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES ON DISSENT 19 `Three Generations of Imbeciles are Enough' - The Eugenics Case

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Neal Geach is a senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire specialising in Tort and Property law. He also has research interests in electronic and mobile commerce. Chris Monaghan is a Lecturer in Law at BPP University College. He also has extensive research interest in criminal law and legal-history.

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