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Conference Paper: Towards an Economic Approach to the General Economic Torts
| Title | Towards an Economic Approach to the General Economic Torts |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2014 |
| Citation | The 7th Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations (Obligations VII), Hong Kong, China, 15-18 July 2014 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Economic analysis of tort law has gained widespread recognition in the United States, but
has received little attention in the UK and other Commonwealth jurisdictions.
Meanwhile, the decisions of the House of Lords in OBG Ltd v Allan [2008] 1 AC 1 and
Total Network SL v HMRC [2008] 1 AC 1174 have left us with unanswered questions
regarding the scope and the future of the general economic torts. This paper proposes an
economic approach to the general economic torts under English common law. It
examines the extent to which economic theory could guide the development of the
general economic torts under English law. To this end, this paper looks at the influence
of economic theory on business tort principles in the United States and seeks to draw
comparative lessons from U.S. law. |
| Description | Conference Theme: The Common Law of Obligations: Divergence and Convergence Parallel Session 3B |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/204731 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Kwok, KHF | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-20T00:36:32Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-20T00:36:32Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 7th Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations (Obligations VII), Hong Kong, China, 15-18 July 2014 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/204731 | - |
| dc.description | Conference Theme: The Common Law of Obligations: Divergence and Convergence | - |
| dc.description | Parallel Session 3B | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Economic analysis of tort law has gained widespread recognition in the United States, but has received little attention in the UK and other Commonwealth jurisdictions. Meanwhile, the decisions of the House of Lords in OBG Ltd v Allan [2008] 1 AC 1 and Total Network SL v HMRC [2008] 1 AC 1174 have left us with unanswered questions regarding the scope and the future of the general economic torts. This paper proposes an economic approach to the general economic torts under English common law. It examines the extent to which economic theory could guide the development of the general economic torts under English law. To this end, this paper looks at the influence of economic theory on business tort principles in the United States and seeks to draw comparative lessons from U.S. law. | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Obligations VII 2014 | en_US |
| dc.title | Towards an Economic Approach to the General Economic Torts | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Kwok, KHF: khfkwok@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Kwok, KHF=rp01637 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 236519 | en_US |