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Article: Tort's Hierarchy of Protected Interests
Title | Tort's Hierarchy of Protected Interests |
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Authors | |
Keywords | actionability per se injunctions protected interests strict liability |
Issue Date | 2022 |
Citation | Cambridge Law Journal, 2022, v. 81, n. 2, p. 356-383 How to Cite? |
Abstract | It is widely accepted that tort law operates according to a hierarchy of protected interests. Some commentators suggest that this hierarchy can be put to dispositive uses in cases characterised by a clash of interests held respectively by the claimant and defendant (the inferior interest giving way). Others argue that thinking in terms of a hierarchy of interests sheds light on three unusual aspects of tort law: Viz. the existence of torts that are actionable per se, the existence of strict liability torts, and the existence of actions in which injunctive relief is routinely awarded even though compensatory damages are tort law's default remedy. This article tests both claims. It concludes that an intuitively appealing hierarchy of interests can be identified, and that it might well possess dispositive significance all other things being equal. But it also observes that all other things are seldom equal, and that departures from the hierarchy occur for various reasons that can be clearly identified and which should be borne in mind when thinking about its dispositive utility. It also urges caution in making connections between the status of certain interests and the fact that they are protected by torts that are actionable per se, strict liability torts and torts in connection with which injunctions are awarded almost as a matter of course. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326328 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.261 |
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dc.contributor.author | Murphy, John | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-09T09:59:49Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-09T09:59:49Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Cambridge Law Journal, 2022, v. 81, n. 2, p. 356-383 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0008-1973 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326328 | - |
dc.description.abstract | It is widely accepted that tort law operates according to a hierarchy of protected interests. Some commentators suggest that this hierarchy can be put to dispositive uses in cases characterised by a clash of interests held respectively by the claimant and defendant (the inferior interest giving way). Others argue that thinking in terms of a hierarchy of interests sheds light on three unusual aspects of tort law: Viz. the existence of torts that are actionable per se, the existence of strict liability torts, and the existence of actions in which injunctive relief is routinely awarded even though compensatory damages are tort law's default remedy. This article tests both claims. It concludes that an intuitively appealing hierarchy of interests can be identified, and that it might well possess dispositive significance all other things being equal. But it also observes that all other things are seldom equal, and that departures from the hierarchy occur for various reasons that can be clearly identified and which should be borne in mind when thinking about its dispositive utility. It also urges caution in making connections between the status of certain interests and the fact that they are protected by torts that are actionable per se, strict liability torts and torts in connection with which injunctions are awarded almost as a matter of course. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Cambridge Law Journal | - |
dc.subject | actionability per se | - |
dc.subject | injunctions | - |
dc.subject | protected interests | - |
dc.subject | strict liability | - |
dc.title | Tort's Hierarchy of Protected Interests | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0008197321001069 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85125847196 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 81 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 356 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 383 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1469-2139 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000763768500001 | - |