This book explores contemporary issues in respect of causes of action which operate to protect a plaintiffs economic interests. It examines the question from across the spectrum of private law where its principles vindicate economic interests. Guided by this principle of coherence, chapters address contract, tort law and the law of equity and restitution. Focusing in the main on the common law principles, examples the question and its treatment in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore as well as other common law jurisdictions. Addressing both theoretical and doctrinal issues, this important book will appeal to both private law scholars and practitioners.
1. Introduction (John Eldridge, Michael Douglas and Claudia Carr)
2. The ‘Property’ Paradigm in Torts Protecting Contractual Interests (Zhong Xing Tan)
3. Defamation as an Economic Tort (Michael Douglas)
4. Regulating Labour Relations in the Twenty-First Century: What Role for the Economic Torts? (Andrew Stewart)
5. Inducing Breach of Contract (Katy Barnett)
6. Cross-Border Civil Conspiracy (Bobby WM Lindsay)
7. Economic Wrongs and Private Nuisance: A Common Law Perspective (Paula Giliker)
8. Revisiting Injurious Falsehood (Hilary Young)
9. Regulation of GM Farming via Private Nuisance (Anna Bunn and Michael Douglas)
10. Misfeasance by Directors: Past, Present and Futur (Geoffrey Nettle QC and Daniel Farinha)
11. Fiduciaries, Equitable Compensation and Lost Commercial Opportunity: Reconciling the Need for Financial Loss (Simone Degeling)
12. Lawful Act Duress: Part of the Solution to Problematic Banking Practices? (Claudia Carr)
13. Developing a Rational Law of Misleading Conduct (Elise Bant and Jeannie Marie Paterson)
14. Interference by Precedent (Samuel Beswick)
Economic Torts and Economic Wrongs edited by John Eldridge, Michael Douglas and Claudia Carr. Hart Studies in Private Law, 352 pages, ISBN-10 1509934758, 2 December 2021. Discount Price: £68 / $92 – order online at www.bloomsbury.com – use the code GLR A6AUK for UK orders and GLR A6AUS for US orders to get 20% off!
First posted 2021-12-03 15:40:43
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