{"product_id":"economic-torts-and-economic-wrongs-9781509954506","title":"Economic Torts and Economic Wrongs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores contemporary issues in respect of causes of action which operate to protect a plaintiff’s economic interests.  It examines the question from across the spectrum of private law. Focusing mainly on common law principles, it looks in particular at the treatment of such causes of action in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore as well as other common law jurisdictions. Addressing both theoretical and doctrinal issues, this important book will appeal to both private law scholars and practitioners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Eldridge\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSerle Court, London, UK, Michael Douglas,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eUniversity of Western Australia and Claudia Carr,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eClifford Chance \u003c\/b\u003e 2. \u003ci\u003eThe ‘Property’ Paradigm in Torts Protecting Contractual Interests \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eZhong Xing Tan, National University of Singapore\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. The Property Paradigm  III. Problems with the Property Paradigm  IV. Towards a Pluralistic Conception  V. Conclusion  3. \u003ci\u003eDefamation as an Economic Tort \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Douglas, University of Western Australia\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. What Criteria Determine the Identity of the Economic Torts?  III. The Interest Protected by Defamation  IV. How the Underlying Interest is Protected by Defamation Law: Remedies  V. The Serious Harm Threshold  VI. Why it Matters  4. \u003ci\u003eRegulating Labour Relations in the Twenty-First Century: What Role for the Economic Torts? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrew Stewart,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eUniversity of Adelaide, Australia and Shae McCrystal, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eUniversity of Sydney, Australia\u003c\/b\u003e I. The Development of Economic Tort Liability for Industrial Action  II. The Current State of the Common Law  III. Statutory Limitations  IV. Use of the Economic Torts by Employers  V. The Right to Strike as a Normative Justification for Excluding or Limiting the Economic Torts  VI. Towards ‘Coherence’ in Liability for Industrial Action 5. \u003ci\u003eInducing Breach of Contract \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eDr Katy Barnett, University of Melbourne, Australia\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. History of Inducing Breach of Contract  III. The Tort of Inducing Breach of Contract in Australia Today  IV. Stepping Back: The Nature of the Primary Wrong  V. Conclusion  6. \u003ci\u003eCross-Border Civil Conspiracy \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eDr Bobby WM Lindsay, University of Glasgow, UK\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. The Present State of the Conspiracy Tort(s)  III. Jurisdiction  IV. Choice of Law  V. Unlawful Means under Foreign Law?  VI. Conclusion  7. \u003ci\u003eEconomic Wrongs and Private Nuisance: A Common Law Perspective \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaula Giliker, University of Bristol, UK\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. Interference with economic Interests in Private Nuisance  III. Interference with economic Interests: Remedies  IV. Interference with economic Interests: Tensions with Negligence?  V. Conclusions  8. \u003ci\u003eRevisiting Injurious Falsehood \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eHilary Young, University of New Brunswick, Canada\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. The Tort of Injurious Falsehood  III. Empirical Study of Injurious Falsehood  IV. Final Thoughts  V. Conclusion  9. \u003ci\u003eRegulation of GM Farming via Private Nuisance \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnna Bunn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCurtin University, Australia and Michael Douglas, University of Western Australia\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. GM Farming and its Regulation  III. Private Nuisance as a Vehicle for Regulation  IV. Application to GM Farming  V. Conclusion  10. \u003ci\u003eMisfeasance by Directors: Past, Present and Future \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Hon Geoffrey Nettle AC QC,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eformer Justice of the High Court of Australia and Daniel Farinha, Eleven Wentworth, Sydney\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. Development of the Duty  III. Statutory Intervention  IV. Prospects for the Future  11. \u003ci\u003eFiduciaries, Equitable Compensation and Lost Commercial Opportunity: Reconciling the Need for Financial Loss \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eSimone Degeling, University of New South Wales, Australia\u003c\/b\u003e I. Is the Lost Commercial Opportunity Productive of Financial Loss?  II. Certainty of Loss and Equitable Compensation  III. Normative Accounts of Fiduciary Obligations  12. \u003ci\u003eLawful Act Duress: Part of the Solution to Problematic Banking Practices? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eClaudia Carr, Clifford Chance\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. Problematic Banking Practices  III. Addressing the Issue through Lawful Act Duress  IV. Conclusion  13. \u003ci\u003eDeveloping a Rational Law of Misleading Conduct \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eElise Bant, University of Western Australia and Jeannie Marie Paterson, University of Melbourne, Australia\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. The Core Statutory Norm Prohibiting Misleading Conduct  III. Wrong Turns Taken  IV. Getting Back on Track  V. Conclusion  14. \u003ci\u003eInterference by Precedent \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eSamuel Beswick, University of British Columbia, Canada\u003c\/b\u003e I. Introduction  II. Immunity from Retrospective Mistakes of Law?  III. Immunity from Abolition of Immunity?  IV. Immunity from ‘Judicial Takings’? Two Paradigm Cases  V. 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