Jane Wright Conflict of Laws Books sku-14256828 Hardcover

Jane Wright's Tort Law and Human Rights, sku-14256828, is a revised and expanded second-edition hardcover listed under Conflict of Laws Books. It examines how domestic tort principles help secure the human rights standards of the European Convention on Human Rights, including the remedy under the Human Rights Act 1998, and evaluates whether those principles comply with the standards.

The first edition appeared when the 1998 Act was newly enacted; this edition updates its discussion as answers to earlier questions about the Act's effect on tort law emerge. It places the analysis within debates over tort law's goals and functions, then considers how actions against public authorities under section 7 have affected common law principles and how the Act applies between non-state actors.

New chapters cover a human rights-based approach to tort law and public authority liability and privacy, from misuse of private information to autonomy.