Private Law and Power

Author:   Professor Kit Barker (University of Queensland, Australia) ,  Professor Simone Degeling (University of New South Wales) ,  Dr Karen Fairweather ,  Ross Grantham (University of Queensland, Australia)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781509929726


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   30 May 2019
Format:   Paperback
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The aim of this edited collection of essays is to examine the relationship between private law and power – both the public power of the state and the ‘private’ power of institutions and individuals. It describes and critically assesses the way that private law doctrines, institutions, processes and rules express, moderate, facilitate and control relationships of power. The various chapters of this work examine the dynamics of the relationship between private law and power from a number of different perspectives – historical, theoretical, doctrinal and comparative. They have been commissioned from leading experts in the field of private law, from several different Commonwealth Jurisdictions (Australia, the UK, Canada and New Zealand), each with expertise in the particular sphere of their contribution. They aim to illuminate the past and assist in resolving some contemporary, difficult legal issues relating to the shape, scope and content of private law and its difficult relationship with power.

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Author:   Professor Kit Barker (University of Queensland, Australia) ,  Professor Simone Degeling (University of New South Wales) ,  Dr Karen Fairweather ,  Ross Grantham (University of Queensland, Australia)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781509929726


ISBN 10:   150992972
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   30 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Issues 1. The Dynamics of Private Law and Power Kit Barker Part 2: Power, History and Society 2. Power, History and the Law of Contract in Eighteenth Century England Warren Swain 3. Redressing Inequality in Personal Credit Transactions: 1700–1974 Karen Fairweather 4. Tort Law and Government Liability in the Administrative State Peter Cane Part 3: Doctrines, Institutions and Process 5. Property and Power: The Judicial Redistribution of Proprietary Rights Craig Rotherham 6. Trustees’ Powers and Social Justice Matthew Harding 7. Undue Infl uence and the Spiritual Economy Simone Degeling 8. A Public Law Tort: Understanding Misfeasance in Public Office Donal Nolan 9. Public Power, Discretion and the Duty of Care Kit Barker 10. The Legitimacy of the Company as a Source of (Private) Power Ross Grantham 11. Reshaping Responsibility: The Emerging Private Law of Institutional Wrongs Mayo Moran 12. Class Actions: Uses and Abuses of the Process of Courts Justice Philip McMurdo

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Kit Barker is Professor of Private Law, Karen Fairweather is an Associate Lecturer and Ross Grantham is Professor of Commercial Law, all at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. Simone Degeling is Professor of Law at UNSW Australia.

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