Comparative Studies in the Development of the Law of Torts in Europe 3 Volume Hardback Set

John Bell is Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge. David Ibbetson is Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge.

Volume 7. The Impact of Ideas on Legal Development: 1. Introduction Michael Lobban and Julia Moses; 2. Responsibility, solidarity and state regulation in classical continental social theory Roger Cotterrell; 3. Individual and social responsibility in nineteenth-century British political thought Sandra den Otter; 4. The 'welfare state' in legal and social philosophy: origins and controversies José Harris; 5. Continental European jurisprudence, 1850–2000 John Bell; 6. English jurisprudence and tort theory Michael Lobban; 7. The left and wrongs: Marxism, law and torts Christine Sypnowich; 8. The process of codification applied to the law of delicts Jean-Louis Halpérin; 9. Codifications, commentators, and courts in tort law: the perception and application of the Civil Code and the Constitution by the German legal profession Nils Jansen; 10. The English codification debate and the role of jurists in the development of legal doctrines Alexandra Braun; 11. Regulating workplace hazards: the role of medical, scientific and technical experts in legal change P. W. J. Bartrip; 12. Expertise and the evolution of private law: the case of occupational illness in twentieth-century France Paul-André Rosental; 13. The notion of a European private law and a softer side to harmonisation Lucinda Miller. Volume 8. The Impact of Institutions and Professions on Legal Development: 1. Introduction Paul Mitchell; 2. England: the elaboration of fault liability Paul Mitchell; 3. England: compensation for occupational injury Peter Bartrip; 4. Scotland Elspeth Reid; 5. France Paula Giliker; 6. Germany Jens M. Scherpe; 7. The Netherlands Esther Engelhard and Ivo Giesen; 8. Spain I. González Pacanowska and M. García-Ripoll Montijano; 9. Sweden Mårten Schultz. Volume 9. European Legal Development: Introduction; 1. Method and theory; 2. The place of fault in 1850 and the limits of tort law; 3. Path dependency; 4. Homogeneity in legal development: products and medical liability; 5. Doctrinal diversity: roads and neighbours; 6. Conclusion: drivers of development.