Philosophy of Private Law

In what, if any sense are our torts and our breaches of contract 'wrongs'? These two branches of private law have for centuries provided philosophers and jurists with grounds for puzzlement and this book provides both an outline of, and intervention in, contemporary jurisprudential debates about the nature and foundation of liability in private law.

In what, if any sense are our torts and our breaches of contract 'wrongs'? These two branches of private law have for centuries provided philosophers and jurists with grounds for puzzlement and this book provides both an outline of, and intervention in, contemporary jurisprudential debates about the nature and foundation of liability in private law.

William Lucy arrived at Cardiff in January 2005. Prior to that he held a chair at Keele, where he was also Head of the Law Department for two years; until 2000 he held the H.K. Bevan Chair of Law at the Law School, University of Hull.