“… In the lecture, Professor Smith sought to explore the relationship between remedial and substantive law. The typical starting point is an assumption that remedies somehow confirm or rubber-stamp substantive rights. We then struggle to explain perceived shortcomings in achieving that end. The lecture focused on the characteristic common law approaches to private law disputes, and suggested that we would understand these approaches better if we discarded completely our misconceived starting assumption …” (more, video)
[Cambridge Private Law Centre, 9 May]
First posted 2018-05-10 13:55:46
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