The Common Law of Obligations: Divergence and Unity Contributor(s): Robertson, Andrew (Editor), Tilbury, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1782256563 ISBN-13: 9781782256564 Publisher: Hart Publishing OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Contracts - Law | Comparative - Law | Remedies & Damages |
Dewey: 346.02 |
LCCN: 2015039087 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.7" W x 9.7" (1.75 lbs) 376 pages |
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Publisher Description: The development of the law of obligations across the common law world has been, and continues to be, a story of unity and divergence. Its common origins continue to exert a powerful stabilising influence, carried forward by a methodology that places heavy weight on the historical foundations of legal principles. Divergence is, however, produced by numerous factors, including national and international human rights instruments, local statutory regimes, civil law influences, regional harmonisation, local circumstances and values and different political and legal cultures. The essays in this collection explore the forces that produce divergence, the countervailing forces that generate cohesion and consistency in the common law of obligations, and the influence that the major common law jurisdictions continue to exert over one another in this area of law. |