Altruism in private law liability for nonfeasance and negotiorum gestio

Altruism in private law : liability for nonfeasance and negotiorum gestio / Jeroen Kortmann.

Author/creator	Kortmann, J. S.
Other author/creator	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Description	xxiii, 250 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subject(s)	Negotiorum gestio--Europe. Assistance in emergencies--Law and legislation --Europe.

Contents	What is 'nonfeasance'? -- Theoretical justifications for distinguishing between feasance and nonfeasance -- Liability for nonfeasance in continental European private law -- Liability for nonfeasance in English private law -- Towards a more consistent approach -- The different measures of recovery and their terminology -- Theoretical arguments against granting a remedy to the intervener -- Theoretical arguments in favour of granting a remedy to the intervener -- The continental doctrine of 'negotiorum gestio' -- The position in English law -- Towards a general principle : using the existing doctrines? -- Towards a new general principle.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-198) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2004025248
ISBN	0199280053 (hbk : alk. paper)

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