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The Division of Wrongs: A Historical Comparative Study

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The common law, despite procedural divisions, has only ever had one class of civil wrongs. The civilians, by contrast, have typically split their law of wrongs in two, one group being called "delicts" and the other "quasi-delicts". Yet this division, which originated in Roman law, remains mysterious: it is clear neither where the line was drawn nor why a separation was made along this line. This historical comparative study argues that adopting such a division would clarify confusions in the common law of torts. The ...

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The Division of Wrongs: A Historical Comparative Study 2009, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780199562794

Hardcover