Anyone looking for an authoritative exploration of immunities as they apply to professions and public sector defendants could not do better than start with this volume. Davies is an esteemed author and researcher who has produced a substantial and compelling body of work in other places on professional regulation and liabilities in both the legal and health care sectors, and is therefore ideally positioned to draw comparisons across the liabilities of professions.
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Provides an authoritative analytical and practical doctrinal consideration of the law relating to professional immunities in tort law. Dr Davies primarily focuses on English law with some coverage of other common law jurisdictions where cases and other materials are relevant. Professional obligations and liabilities play an important role in tort, with a limited number of professional and occupational groups considered to benefit from some 'immunity' from these. This essential text reviews the nature of immunities and considers the contexts in which the term is used before providing examples of those 'immune' professions with reference to case law and leading secondary commentary. It addresses the rationales and justifications for immunities and, more broadly, their interaction with general professional negligence and liability issues.
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This new work provides an authoritative and practical doctrinal analysis of the law relating to professional immunities in English tort law.
1. Introduction ; 2. Participants in the court and dispute resolution processes ; 3. Academics ; 4. Medical practitioners ; 5. Police ; 6. Military and other uniformed services ; 7. Local Government and public sector professionals ; 8. Professions and words and other miscellaneous professional protections ; 9. Concluding thoughts
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The first specialist and authoritative guide to professional immunities
A single source for comprehensive coverage of the concept and history of immunities
Provides examples of those professions considered immune with reference to relevant case law
Clearly laid out to help for quick and accurate analysis
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Dr Mark Davies is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex where he is convenor for the Law of Tort, Professional Negligence and Liability, Ethics and Conduct of Lawyers courses.
The first specialist and authoritative guide to professional immunities
A single source for comprehensive coverage of the concept and history of immunities
Provides examples of those professions considered immune with reference to relevant case law
Clearly laid out to help for quick and accurate analysis
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780199695959
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
618 gr
Høyde
253 mm
Bredde
176 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
272
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