{"product_id":"the-common-law-of-obligations-divergence-and-unity-9781509921119","title":"The Common Law of Obligations: Divergence and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. The chapters in this book were originally presented at the Seventh Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations held in Hong Kong in July 2014. A second collection, entitled\u003ci\u003e Divergences in Private Law\u003c\/i\u003e (ISBN: 9781782256601), will focus on particular departures from the common law mainstream and the causes and effects of those deviations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Unity, Divergence and Convergence in the Common Law of Obligations  \u003ci\u003eAndrew Robertson and Michael Tilbury\u003c\/i\u003e 2. The Influence of Comparative Law on the English Law of Obligations  \u003ci\u003eAndrew Burrows\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Unity,Then Divergence: The Privy Council, the Common Law of England and the Common Laws of Canada, Australia and New Zealand  \u003ci\u003ePaul Finn\u003c\/i\u003e 4. A Conscious Effort to Develop a ‘Different’ Common Law of Obligations: A Possible Endeavour?  \u003ci\u003eGoh Yihan\u003c\/i\u003e 5. A Common Law of Tort: Is there a European Rift in the Common Law Family?  \u003ci\u003ePaula Giliker\u003c\/i\u003e 6. A Judicial Perspective on the Development of Common Law Doctrine in the Light of Statute Law  \u003ci\u003eAnthony Mason\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Public Actors and Private Obligations: A Judicial Perspective  \u003ci\u003eSian Elias\u003c\/i\u003e 8. The Tort Liability of Public Authorities: A Comparative Analysis  \u003ci\u003ePeter Cane\u003c\/i\u003e 9. We’ll Meet Again: Convergence in the Private Law Treatment of Public Bodies  \u003ci\u003eNiamh Connolly\u003c\/i\u003e 10. How to have a Common Private Law: The Presuppositions of Legal Conversation  \u003ci\u003eAllan Beever\u003c\/i\u003e 11. The Philosophies of the Common Law and their Implications: Common Law Divergences, Public Authority Liability and the Future of a Common Law World  \u003ci\u003eDan Priel\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Obligations, Governance and Society: Bringing the State Back In  \u003ci\u003eTT Arvind\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Divergent Evolution in the Law of Torts: Jurisdictional Isolation, Jurisprudential Divergence and Explanatory Theories  \u003ci\u003eJames Goudkamp and John Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e 14. Common Law Values: The Role of Party Autonomy in Private Law  \u003ci\u003eSarah Worthington\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578146656599,"sku":"9781509921119","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781509921119.jpg?v=1746098088","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-common-law-of-obligations-divergence-and-unity-9781509921119","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}