1. Introduction: Legislation and the Shape of Tort Law&TT Arvind and Jenny Steele 1
Part Ⅰ: Courts and Legislatures 17
2. Torts, Courts and Legislatures - Comparative Remarks on Civil Law Codifications of Tort Law&Willem H van Boom 17
3. Statutes and Tort Defences&James Goudkamp 31
4. The 'Compensation Culture' and the Politics of Tort&Annette Morris 57
5. A Civil Law for the Age of Statutes&James Lee 81
6. Trade Disputes Legislation and the Economic Torts&Bob Simpson 105
Part Ⅱ: Legislating Fundamental Principle 131
7. The Fatal Accidents Act 1846&Donal Nolan 131
8. Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945: Collisions of a Different Sort&Jenny Steele 159
Part Ⅲ: The Process of Reform 187
9. Occupiers' Liability: the Enactment of'Common Law' Principles&SH Bailey 187
10. The Animals Act 1971&Roderick Bagshaw 213
Part Ⅳ: Compensation and Statutory Purpose 235
11. Tort and Personal Injuries, 1850 to the Present&Steve Hedley 235
12. Tort Law and Workrnen's Compensation Legislation: Complementary or Competing Models?&Simon Deakin 253
13. Legislating for Economic Loss&Keith Stanton 269
14. Recovery of State Benefits from Tort Damages: Legislating For or Against the Welfare State?&Richard Lewis 285
15. Tort Law and Compulsory Insurance&Rob Merkin and Sheila Dziobon 303
Part Ⅴ: Tort Law and Public Law 329
16. Tort Law, Regulation and River Pollution: the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act and its Implementation, 1876-1951&Michael Lobban 329
17. Tort Law, Actors in the 'Enterprise Economy', and Articulations of Nineteenth-century Capitalism with Law: the Fraudulent Trustees Act 1857 in Context&Sarah Wilson 353
18. Occupying the Field: Tort and the Pre-emptive Statute&Maria Lee 383
19. Restraining the State Through Tort? The Crown Proceedings Act in Retrospect&TT Arvind 405
20. The Human Rights Act and its Impact on the Law of Tort&Richard Clayton and Hugh Tomlinson 435
Part Ⅵ: Conclusion 451
21. Bringing Statute (Back) onto the Radar: Implications&TT Arvind and ]enny Steele 451
Bibliography 471
Index 495