Risks and Legal Theory by Jenny Steele
In almost every field of law,from tort and contract to environmental law and criminal justice, issues about 'risk' are increasingly of interest to lawyers. At the same time, there has been little general enquiry into the nature of the contact between law and risks. This book argues that ideas about risk have not traditionally been absent from law, as is sometimes supposed. Lawyers and legal theorists have used and conceptualised risk in particular ways, and ideas of risk have had significant influence in key elements of legal theory including questions of justice and responsibility. The book explores the conceptual place of risk across a number of fields of law; and identifies some significant challenges for law and legal theory arising from broader debates about risk. It therefore sheds light on areas that are under-explored despite current interest among lawyers, and aims to provide an accessible guide to emerging controversies and challenges for law in this area while explaining their significance.
This timely and impressive volume is the first to treat themes in modern 'liberal' legal theory with systematic reference to the recent sociological literature on risk.. Ken Oliphant European Tort Law 2004 2005 ...an excellent purchase for those unfamiliar with contemporary legal perspectives on risk...clearly achieves its aim in demonstrating that legal theory has long concerned itself with risk in various forms... Antonia Layard, Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University The Yearbook of European Law, Vol. 6 April 2006
Jenny Steele is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Southampton.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841130903 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841130907 |
| Title | Risks and Legal Theory |
| Author | Jenny Steele |
| Series | Legal Theory Today |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2004-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 228 |
| Prizes | Winner of Society of Legal Scholars Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2004 (UK) |
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