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The jurisprudence of Lord Hoffmann / On dust jacket: Jurisprudence of Lord Hoffmann : a festschrift in honour of Lord Leonard Hoffmann edited by Paul S. Davies and Justine Pila. - xxxviii, 384 pages ; 24 cm

"Table of cases": pages xvii-xxxiv. "Tables of legislation": pages xxxv-xxxviii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Lord Sumption -- Introductory remarks and the law of evidence / Responsibility for harm to others : a brief survey / But for Lord Hoffmann, how would the causal inquiry in negligence look? / A long, hard look at Gray v Thames Trains Ltd / Lord Hoffmann and the economic torts / Salvaging of the law of torts / Are human rights culturally determined? : a riposte to Lord Hoffmann / Lord Hoffmann and public law : TV dinner or dining at the Savoy? / A trump card which sometimes wins : Lord Hoffmann, free speech and the media / Lord Hoffmann and purposive interpretation in intellectual property law / Lord Hoffmann and the law of employment : the notorious episode of Johnson v Unisys Ltd / The meaning of commercial contracts / Tangling in the undergrowth / Lord Hoffmann, tax law and principles / Retrospective mistakes of law / The jurisprudence of Lord Hoffmann in property law / Proprietary estoppel : the importance of looking back / Corporate attribution and the lessons of Meridian / Colin Tapper -- Tony Honoré -- Sarah Green -- James Goudkamp -- Roderick Bagshaw -- Robert Stevens -- Sandra Fredman -- Alison L. Young -- Jacob Rowbottom -- Justine Pila -- Alan Bogg and Hugh Collins -- Paul S. Davies -- Francis Reynolds -- Judith Freedman -- Frederick Wilmot-Smith -- Roger Smith -- Ben McFarlane -- Jennifer Payne.

ISBN: 9781849465915 9781474203098 (online)

LCCN: 2015506791

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB581086 bnb

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hoffmann, L. H.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jurisprudence.
Law--Great Britain.

LC Class. No.: KD354 / .J87 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 340.092