State Liability in Tort: A Comparative Law Study

by Duncan Fairgrieve

Overview

This book examines financial compensation for wrongs committed by public bodies including medical negligence, educational errors, child abuse by local authority carers, and police misconduct. Recent English cases are analysed and compared with European decisions. Explanation is given of ways of gaining compensation outside the courts, through complaints-procedures, ombudsmen, and statutory schemes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199258055
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/08/2003
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Table of Contents

1. General Introduction2. Overview of State Liability in English and French Law3. Public Law Unlawfulness and Liability in Damages4. Beyond Illegality: Liability for Fault in English and French Law5. Lawfully Caused Loss6. Assessing the Causal Link7. Damage and Compensation8. Alternative Means of Redress9. General Conclusion