Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Torts

• Provide a snapshot of cutting edge work in tort law theory, offering a roadmap of the main debates and current issues in the field
• Contains specially commissioned, all new essays by emerging and established scholars from a range of backgrounds including lawyers examining doctrinal theory and philosophers working on tort's moral foundations
• Examines central puzzles in understanding the law of torts, including the role of responsibility and strict liability, the place of corrective justice in tort's moral foundations, and the role of law and economics in tort theory

Contemporary philosophy and tort law have long enjoyed a happy union. Tort theory today is an exceptionally active and wide ranging field within legal philosophy. This volume brings together established and emerging scholars from around the world and from varying disciplines that bring their distinct perspective to the philosophical problems of tort law. These ground breaking essays advance longstanding debates and open up new avenues of enquiry thus deepening and broadening the field. Contributions cover the major problematic areas of tort law, such as the relations between responsibility, fault, and strict liability; the morality of harm, compensation, and repair; and the relationship of tort with criminal and property law among many others.

Readership: Legal and moral philosophers, academics and advanced students in tort law.