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Article: Misfeasance in a public office: A tort law misfit?
Title | Misfeasance in a public office: A tort law misfit? |
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Keywords | Corrective justice Misfeasance in a public office Nature of torts Rights-based tort theory |
Issue Date | 2012 |
Citation | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2012, v. 32, n. 1, p. 51-75 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This article explores the peculiarities of the tort of misfeasance in a public office from the perspective of two popular, contemporary theories of tort law: the rights-based theory of Robert Stevens, and the corrective justice theory of Ernest Weinrib. It identifies four significant problems of fit for these theories: viz, the fact that this tort does not protect a clearly defined private law right; the fact that its touchstones of liability include concepts that are highly unusual in tort law (such as malice, recklessness and bad faith); the fact that it confounds the private/public law dichotomy envisaged by both authors, and the fact that it is both animated by, and makes ready use of, public policy considerations. It is nonetheless argued that these apparent oddities are not unique to this tort (each featuring elsewhere in tort law) and that, therefore, misfeasance in a public office is by no means as anomalous as these theories would lead us to believe. Having established that it is not a theoretical anomaly, the article goes on to suggest that this tort also serves a discrete and vital role in holding public officers to account thus rendering implausible any suggestion that it has very little to commend it in practical terms, or that it ought to be abolished. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326060 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.386 |
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dc.contributor.author | Murphy, John | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-09T09:57:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-09T09:57:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2012, v. 32, n. 1, p. 51-75 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0143-6503 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326060 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article explores the peculiarities of the tort of misfeasance in a public office from the perspective of two popular, contemporary theories of tort law: the rights-based theory of Robert Stevens, and the corrective justice theory of Ernest Weinrib. It identifies four significant problems of fit for these theories: viz, the fact that this tort does not protect a clearly defined private law right; the fact that its touchstones of liability include concepts that are highly unusual in tort law (such as malice, recklessness and bad faith); the fact that it confounds the private/public law dichotomy envisaged by both authors, and the fact that it is both animated by, and makes ready use of, public policy considerations. It is nonetheless argued that these apparent oddities are not unique to this tort (each featuring elsewhere in tort law) and that, therefore, misfeasance in a public office is by no means as anomalous as these theories would lead us to believe. Having established that it is not a theoretical anomaly, the article goes on to suggest that this tort also serves a discrete and vital role in holding public officers to account thus rendering implausible any suggestion that it has very little to commend it in practical terms, or that it ought to be abolished. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies | - |
dc.subject | Corrective justice | - |
dc.subject | Misfeasance in a public office | - |
dc.subject | Nature of torts | - |
dc.subject | Rights-based tort theory | - |
dc.title | Misfeasance in a public office: A tort law misfit? | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/ojls/gqr018 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84858224544 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 32 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 51 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 75 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1464-3820 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000301303500003 | - |