The sources of The Law of Torts
Where The Law of Torts names another work or author, the harvest records the passage that does it and the chapter that passage stands in. 472 citations across 74 chapters, drawn from 370 named sources; 4 of those sources stand in the library. 1 work in the library quotes it back.
arrangedby sourcein the order of the textcited by
275 authority 132 neutral 20 refuted 24 extended 21 endorsed Of the 472 citations in The Law of Torts, 20 argue against their source.
the sources most drawn on
24 of 66 sources-
Commentaries on the Laws of England William Blackstone 3 neutral 2 refuted 12 citations · 41 passages
ch. 3 · ch. 8 · chapter x.: nuisance. · ch. 50 · ch. 56 2 passages anchored here · ch. 60 · ch. 113 34 passages anchored hereCited by volume and page multiple times as authority on the historical forms of action.
For the advantages of suing in case over the older forms of actions, see Blackstone, iii.
ch. 113 · relied on repeatedly as the standard historical authority on the old forms of action ¶ -
Derry v. Peek House of Lords 1 neutral 5 citations · 15 passages
Named repeatedly by full citation as the House of Lords decision that settled the modern law of deceit.
Lord Herschell, Derry v.
ch. 113 · core authority for the tort of deceit ¶ -
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 2 neutral 5 citations · 8 passages
Cited by chapter title and page number as the leading modern treatment of the historical development of trespass and negligence.
Justice Holmes’s chapter on “Trespass and Negligence,” and Mr.
ch. 113 · relied on as the leading modern account of the trespass/negligence boundary ¶ -
A Treatise on the Law of Torts Thomas M. Cooley 4 citations · 7 passages
Cited by page and section as the authority for the American law on these points.
Cooley on Torts, 681) the view maintained in the text is distinctly taken.
ch. 113 · relied on as authority for the American position on related doctrines ¶ -
Ashby v. White Holt C.J. 1 neutral 4 citations
Ashby v. White and Holt C.J.'s judgment are cited as the classical authority for actions on the case protecting incorporeal political rights.
Questions whether duty judicial or ministerial:
4.—: quasi-judicial acts. · cited as authority on the character of an office's duty ¶ -
Indian Penal Code Government of India 3 neutral 4 citations · 17 passages
ch. 9 · ch. 19 · chapter iv.: defamation. 8 passages anchored here · exceptions. 3 passages anchored here · ch. 99 · ch. 113 3 passages anchored hereThe Penal Code is repeatedly used as the comparison text for the civil draft's exceptions and definitions.
Every one who defames any person within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code, s.
chapter iv.: defamation. · identifies and evaluates the Penal Code as a comparandum ¶ -
Lumley v. Gye Court of Queen's Bench 4 extended 4 citations · 10 passages
ch. 26 · ch. 54 3 passages anchored here · ch. 92 3 passages anchored here · ch. 113 3 passages anchored hereRepeatedly named and its reasoning traced as the case that extended the master's action to enticement generally.
Hall (1881), that an action lies, under certain conditions, for procuring a third person to break his contract with the plaintiff.
ch. 54 · case introduced as establishing the doctrine under examination ¶ -
Rylands v. Fletcher House of Lords (English courts) 1 refuted 1 extended 4 citations · 18 passages
ch. 4 · 8.—: inevitable accident. 2 passages anchored here · ch. 50 14 passages anchored here · ch. 113Rylands v. Fletcher is named directly and described as 'the type and leading authority' by which the modern rules must be defended, i.e. relied on as authority.
Fletcher, where the judgment of the Exchequer Chamber delivered by Blackburn J.
ch. 50 · primary citation and quotation of the case as governing authority ¶ -
A Treatise on the Law of Negligence Shearman and Redfield 3 citations · 6 passages
Cited by section number as authority for the American statutory rule described.
Shearman & Redfield on Negligence, ss.
ch. 113 · relied on jointly as authority for the American statutory position ¶ -
Chasemore v. Richards Lord Wensleydale 1 refuted 1 endorsed 3 citations · 5 passages
Cited as an approved prior authority underlying the reasoning in Bradford v. Pickles.
Richards the statement of facts (by an arbitrator) on which the case proceeded expressly negatived any intention to harm the plaintiff.
ch. 18 · case extending the percolating-water doctrine ¶ -
Common Law Procedure Act Parliament of the United Kingdom 2 neutral 3 citations · 5 passages
Named repeatedly as a key statutory landmark shaping both the chronology and classification of tort law.
But this unanalysed remainder is no more accounted for by the dichotomy of the Common Law Procedure Act than it was before.
ch. 3 · cited as the statute abolishing an older class of action ¶ -
De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae Henry de Bracton 3 citations · 6 passages
Quoted directly in Latin as the medieval English source that carried the damnum sine iniuria idea into English law.
His doctrine as to the making of new writs will be found on fols.
ch. 113 · relied on as the medieval English restatement of the Roman-law maxim ¶ -
Digest of the Criminal Law Sir James Fitzjames Stephen 1 neutral 3 citations · 7 passages
Cited by title and article number across several footnotes as the standard restatement of the criminal-law analogues to these torts.
Stephen, Digest of the Criminal Law, art.
ch. 113 · relied on as the standard restatement of the corresponding criminal-law rules ¶ -
Employers' Liability Act British Parliament 3 neutral 3 citations
Cited statute whose effect on a servant's standing relative to a customer is questioned by the author.
Since the Employers’ Liability Act has deprived the master, as we have already seen, of the defence of “common employment” in a considerable number of cases, the defence of volenti non fit iniuria has several times been resorted to, with the effect of raising complicated discussion on tolerably simple facts.
ch. 19 · identifies the statute whose effect prompted resort to the volenti non fit iniuria defence ¶ -
Employers' Liability Act, 1880 Parliament of the United Kingdom 1 neutral 3 citations · 30 passages
The paragraphs construe successive subsections of this Act as controlling law.
This Act may be cited as the Employers’ Liability Act, 1880, and shall continue in force till the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and to the end of the then next Session of Parliament, and no longer, unless Parliament shall otherwise determine, and all actions commenced under this Act before that period shall be continued as if the said Act had not expired.
ch. 57 · presents the Act as the authoritative statutory text reproduced in full ¶ -
Hollins v. Fowler Blackburn J. (House of Lords) 3 citations · 9 passages
Hollins v. Fowler and Blackburn J.'s opinion in it are cited as the central authority throughout the conversion section.
Cashing a bill in good faith on a forged indorsement is a conversion:
ch. 113 · invokes the case as the leading modern authority on conversion ¶ -
Indermaur v. Dames English courts 3 citations · 6 passages
Cited as the leading case collecting and discussing the prior authorities on occupiers' liability.
Two years later a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, delivered by Willes J.
ch. 50 · primary citation and quotation of the case as the leading governing authority ¶ -
Judicature Acts Parliament (England) 1 neutral 3 citations · 7 passages
ch. 31 2 passages anchored here · iv.—: waste. · v.—: conversion. 2 passages anchored here · ch. 43 · x.—: remedies.Named explicitly as the legislation effecting the fusion of common law and equity that frames the entire passage.
Since 1875, therefore, we have in this case a real and perfect fusion of rules of common law and equity which formerly were distinct, though parallel and similar.
ch. 31 · legislation credited with the jurisdictional fusion underlying the whole discussion ¶ -
Married Women's Property Act 1882 Parliament of the United Kingdom 1 neutral 3 citations
Cited as statutory authority clarifying a limit on tort actions between spouses.
We shall not imagine (for example) that the Married Women’s Property Act of 1882, by providing that husbands and wives cannot sue one another for a tort, has thrown doubt on the possibility of a judicial separation.
ch. 3 · cited to clarify the boundary of tort law regarding spouses ¶ -
Merivale v. Carson Court of Appeal 1 neutral 3 citations · 7 passages
Named repeatedly by full report citation as the leading case elaborating the boundary between fact and fair comment.
Blackburn J., Campbell v. Spottiswoode, 32 L. J. Q. B. at p. 202; cp. Bowen L. J., 20 Q. B. Div. at p. 284.
ch. 113 · core authority for the defense of fair comment ¶ -
monograph on the law of negligence Horace Smith 3 neutral 3 citations · 1 passage
Named directly as a monograph the reader may consult for further illustrations.
Horace Smith’s, Mr.
ch. 47 · shows the work cited as a source for additional case material ¶ -
Gaius 2 citations · 4 passages
Named explicitly as the source of the passages contrasting ancient and modern measures of damages.
223, 224, the contrast between the ancient law of fixed penalties and the modern law of damages assessed by judicial authority is clearly shown.
ch. 113 · relied on as authority for the historical stage of Roman legal development ¶ -
Barnes v. Ward English courts 2 citations
Cited as authority in the sequence of occupiers'-liability cases.
The Court held there was a good cause of action, the excavation being so close to the public way as to make it unsafe to persons using it with ordinary care.
ch. 50 · relied upon as authority establishing occupier liability for excavations near a public way ¶ -
Barwick v. English Joint Stock Bank Willes J. (Exchequer Chamber) 2 citations · 3 passages
Explicitly described as 'our leading authority' and its holding quoted and relied upon.
But when it was fully realized that in all these cases the master’s liability is imposed by the policy of the law without regard to personal default on his part, so that his express command or privity need not be shown, it was a necessary consequence that fraud should be on the same footing as any other wrong.
ch. 8 · identifies the case as the passage's leading authority on fraud ¶
index of sources
42 entriesB
- Bigelow's Leading Cases on the Law of Torts Melville M. Bigelow ch. 113 2 citations
- Bowen v. Hall Court of Appeal ch. 54 · ch. 92 2 citations
- Byrne v. Boadle English courts ch. 50 · ch. 113 2 citations
C
- Clark v. Chambers English courts ch. 5 2 citations
- Clayards v. Dethick English courts ch. 49 · ch. 113 2 citations
- Cooley on Torts Thomas M. Cooley ch. 113 2 citations
- Corby v. Hill English courts ch. 50 · ch. 113 2 citations
- County Courts Act Parliament (English legislature) ch. 4 · ch. 52 2 citations
- County Courts Act, 1856 Parliament of the United Kingdom ch. 56 · ch. 113 2 citations
- Cox v. Burbidge English courts ch. 5 · ch. 50 2 citations
D
- Digest (Corpus Juris Civilis) Ulpian ch. 113 2 citations
- Digest IX.2, L. 11 pr. (reported opinion) Mela ch. 60 2 citations
- Dixon v. Bell English courts ch. 50 · ch. 113 2 citations
E
- Elements of Law Sir William Markby ch. 113 2 citations
F
- Factors Acts Parliament ch. 35 · ch. 54 2 citations
- Francis Bacon ch. 5 1 citation
H
- History of the Criminal Law of England Sir James Stephen 1.—: acts of state. · ch. 113 2 citations
- Holmes v. Mather Court of Exchequer 8.—: inevitable accident. · ch. 19 2 citations
- Homer ch. 4 1 citation
I
- Institutes Ulpian ch. 4 · ch. 113 2 citations
J
- Jeremy Bentham ch. 113 1 citation
L
- Law of the Twelve Tables Roman decemviri (traditional) ch. 4 · ch. 5 2 citations
- Leading Cases on the Law of Torts Melville M. Bigelow ch. 113 2 citations
- Longmeid v. Holliday Parke B. ch. 50 · ch. 53 2 citations
- Lord Campbell's Act Parliament ch. 23 · ch. 50 2 citations
- The Lex Aquilia Erwin Grueber ch. 53 · ch. 113 2 citations
M
N
- Natura Brevium Fitzherbert ch. 26 · ch. 56 2 citations
- Nichols v. Marsland English courts ch. 50 · ch. 113 2 citations
- The Nitro-Glycerine Case United States Supreme Court 8.—: inevitable accident. · ch. 113 2 citations
P
- Peek v. Gurney House of Lords ch. 31 · ch. 113 2 citations
- Pleas of the Crown William Hawkins ch. 24 · ch. 113 2 citations
- Principles of the Law of Negligence Thomas Beven ch. 113 2 citations
S
- Scott v. Shepherd De Grey C.J. 12.—: private defence. · ch. 80 2 citations
- Sharp v. Powell English courts ch. 5 2 citations
- Smith v. Baker House of Lords ch. 19 · ch. 113 2 citations
- Statute of Frauds Parliament (England) ch. 31 · ii.—: slander of title. 2 citations
- Statute of Limitation of James I (21 Jac. 1, c. 16) Parliament (reign of James I) ch. 23 2 citations
- Statute of Limitations Parliament of the United Kingdom ch. 6 · v.—: conversion. · ch. 41 2 citations
T
- Thomas v. Quartermaine Court of Appeal ch. 19 · ch. 113 2 citations
- Thomas v. Winchester New York courts (United States) ch. 50 · ch. 113 2 citations
Y
304 sources are named once. Each stands in the run of its own chapter, below — in the order of the text.
in the order of the text
74 of 113 chapters citeTo the Honourable Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junr., a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachus
6 sources · 6 anchorsCommon Law Procedure Act 1 · Year Books 1 · Code Napoléon (Revised Version) 1 · Commentaries on American Law 1 · Judicature Act(s) 1 · The Law of Actions on the Case for Torts and Wrongs 1
Addenda.
13 sources · 13 anchorsChasemore v. Richards 1 · 8 & 9 Vict. c. 75 (amending Act) 1 · Alabaster v. Harness 1 · Corporation of Bradford v. Pickles 1 · Coultas's case 1 · Dunn v. Devon, &c. Newspaper Co. 1 · Fenna v. Clare & Co. 1 · Henderson v. Williams 1 · Lemmon v. Webb 1 · Lord Cairns' Act 1 · Saunders v. Holborn District Board of Works 1 · Shelfer v. City of London Electric Lighting Co. 1 · Unreported New York case (abstracted in 9 Gen. Dig., Rochester, N.Y. 1894) 1
Book I.—: General Part, Chapter I.: The Nature of Tort in General.
4 sources · 5 anchorsCommentaries on the Laws of England 1 · Common Law Procedure Act 2 · Married Women's Property Act 1882 1 · Judicature Act(s) 1
Group C.: Wrongs affecting person and property.Wrongs to Person, Estate, and Property generally.
9 sources · 11 anchorsRylands v. Fletcher 1 · County Courts Act 1 · Institutes 1 · Law of the Twelve Tables 1 · Homer 1 · Digest, title Ad Legem Aquiliam 1 · Psalter (Book of Psalms) 1 · Roman law of obligations (obligations ex delicto and quasi ex delicto) 2 · description of obligatio ex delicto (commentary on the Institutes) 2
Chapter II.: Principles of Liability.
25 sources · 36 anchorsClark v. Chambers 7 · Cox v. Burbidge 1 · Law of the Twelve Tables 1 · Metropolitan Railway Company v. Jackson 1 · Sharp v. Powell 3 · Francis Bacon 1 · Bailiffs of Romney Marsh v. Trinity House 1 · Blyth v. Birmingham Waterworks Company 1 · Case on the scope of statutory duty (damage outside the Act's purpose) 1 · Cases on immediate cause of death collected by Sir James Stephen 1 · Glover v. London and South Western Railway Company 1 · Greenland v. Chaplin 1 · Guille v. Swan 2 · Hill v. New River Co. 1 · Hill v. New River Company 1 · Imperitia culpae adnumeratur 1 · Judicial Committee decision on nervous shock (1888) 1 · Lee v. Riley 1 · Lynch v. Nurdin 1 · Maxim that a man is presumed to intend the natural consequences of his acts 1 · Scott v. Shepherd (the squib incident) 1 · Vandenburgh v. Truax 1 · Williams v. Great Western Railway Company 3 · later contrary decisions (Ireland and New York) 1 · writings on nervous shock and criminal liability 1
Chapter III.: Persons Affected by Torts, 1.—: Limitations of Personal Capacity.
4 sources · 4 anchorsMarried Women's Property Act 1882 1 · Statute of Limitations 1 · Burnard v. Haggis 1 · Jennings v. Rundall 1
2.—: Effect of a Party’s Death.
8 sources · 13 anchorsAct of 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 95) 1 · Lord Campbell's Act (9 & 10 Vict. c. 93, 1846) 4 · Osborn v. Gillett 1 · Phillips v. Homfray 1 · Roman law rule on inheritance and dolus 1 · Statute 25 Edward III st. 5, c. 5 1 · Statute 3 & 4 William IV c. 42 (1833) 1 · Statute 4 Edward III c. 7 (1330) 3
3.: Liability for the Torts of Agents and Servants.
14 sources · 17 anchorsCommentaries on the Laws of England 1 · Employers' Liability Act, 1880 1 · Barwick v. English Joint Stock Bank 2 · Employers' Liability Act, 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 42) 3 · Farwell's case 1 · Farwell's case (Massachusetts doctrine on fellow-servant liability) 1 · Gregory v. Piper 1 · Limpus v. London General Omnibus Company 1 · Mersey Docks Trustees v. Gibbs 1 · Priestley v. Fowler 1 · Seymour v. Greenwood 1 · Storey v. Ashton 1 · Whatman v. Pearson 1 · Williams v. Jones 1
Chapter IV.: General Exceptions.
2 sources · 2 anchorsIndian Penal Code 1 · Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas 1
1.—: Acts of State.
4 sources · 7 anchorsHistory of the Criminal Law of England 3 · Buron v. Denman 1 · Dictum on sovereign and ambassadorial immunity 1 · Dictum on transactions of independent states 2
2.—: Judicial Acts.
1 source · 1 anchorStatute empowering revising barristers to remove disruptive persons 1
3.—: Executive Acts.
2 sources · 2 anchorsAct XVIII of 1850 (India) 1 · Public Authorities' Protection Act, 1893 1
4.—: Quasi-judicial Acts.
1 source · 1 anchorAshby v. White 1
7.—: Damage incident to authorized Acts.
2 sources · 2 anchors8.—: Inevitable Accident.
16 sources · 20 anchorsRylands v. Fletcher 2 · Holmes v. Mather 1 · The Nitro-Glycerine Case 3 · Bacon's statement on misadventure 1 · Brown v. Kendall 2 · Castle v. Duryee 1 · Laws of Henry I 1 · Leame v. Bray 1 · Stanley v. Powell 1 · The Dean of St. Asaph's Case 1 · The Squib Case 1 · Wakeman v. Robinson 1 · Weaver v. Ward 1 · Year-Book of Edward IV (case of the cut thorns) 1 · statutes of Henry VIII on archery 1 · unnamed writing of Judge O. W. Holmes ("acts at his peril") 1
9.—: Exercise of common Rights.
6 sources · 11 anchorsChasemore v. Richards 2 · Acton v. Blundell 2 · Digest passage of Marcellus on animus vicino nocendi 1 · Rogers v. Rajendro Dutt 4 · Year-Book of Henry IV (Gloucester Grammar School case) 1 · the case of the mills 1
10.—: Leave and Licence: Volenti non fit iniuria.
7 sources · 7 anchorsIndian Penal Code 1 · Employers' Liability Act 1 · Holmes v. Mather 1 · Smith v. Baker 1 · Thomas v. Quartermaine 1 · Ilott v. Wilkes 1 · Reg. v. Coney 1
12.—: Private defence.
3 sources · 3 anchorsScott v. Shepherd 1 · Deane v. Clayton 1 · Roman law of self-defence 1
13.—: Plaintiff a wrong-doer.
1 source · 1 anchorBird v. Holbrook 1
Chapter V.: Of Remedies for Torts.
18 sources · 25 anchorsAshby v. White 1 · Employers' Liability Act 1 · Married Women's Property Act 1882 1 · Lord Campbell's Act 1 · Statute of Limitation of James I (21 Jac. 1, c. 16) 6 · Ballantine v. Golding 1 · Blad's Case; Blad v. Bamfield 1 · Dobree v. Napier 1 · Doulson v. Matthews 1 · Ex parte Elliott 1 · Foreign Enlistment Act 1 · Huber v. Steiner 1 · Marsh v. Keating 1 · Phillips v. Eyre 3 · Potter v. Brown 1 · Reg. v. Lesley 1 · The Halley 1 · Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847 1
Chapter VI.: Personal Wrongs, I.—: Assault and Battery.
3 sources · 4 anchorsPleas of the Crown 2 · 24 & 25 Vict. c. 100 1 · Draft Criminal Code of 1879 1
Ii.—: False Imprisonment.
1 source · 1 anchorTo Althea, from Prison 1
Iii.—: Injuries in Family Relations.
4 sources · 5 anchorsLumley v. Gye 1 · Natura Brevium 1 · Year Books 1 · Statute of Labourers 2
Chapter VII.: Defamation.
1 source · 1 anchorMonograph on Libel and Slander 1
1.—: Slander.
2 sources · 2 anchorsBankruptcy Act 1 · Slander of Women Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 51) 1
3.—: Exceptions.
5 sources · 6 anchorsMerivale v. Carson 1 · 3 & 4 Vict. c. 9 (1840) 1 · Campbell v. Spottiswoode 1 · Law of Libel Amendment Act, 1888 2 · Lord Campbell's Act (6 & 7 Vict. c. 96, ss. 1, 2) 1
Chapter VIII.: Wrongs of Fraud and Malice, I.—: Deceit.
13 sources · 22 anchorsDerry v. Peek 4 · Judicature Acts 2 · Barwick v. English Joint Stock Bank 1 · Peek v. Gurney 1 · Statute of Frauds 2 · Burrowes v. Lock 1 · Denton v. G. N. R. Co. 1 · Digest (writings of Ulpian) 1 · Directors' Liability Act, 1890 1 · Lord Tenterden's Act 4 · Polhill v. Walter 1 · unnamed Massachusetts decision on fraudulent intent 2 · unnamed decision of the Supreme Court of the United States 1
Ii.—: Slander of Title.
1 source · 1 anchorIv.—: Other Malicious Wrongs.
3 sources · 6 anchorsGregory v. Duke of Brunswick 2 · Mogul Company's Case 3 · early statutes against maintenance 1
Chapter IX.: Wrongs to Possession and Property, I.—: Duties regarding Property generally.
1 source · 1 anchorFactors Acts 1
Iii.—: Injuries to Reversion.
1 source · 1 anchorStatutes of Marlbridge and Gloucester 1
Iv.—: Waste.
1 source · 1 anchorV.—: Conversion.
3 sources · 5 anchorsHollins v. Fowler 2 · Judicature Acts 2 · Statute of Limitations 1
Vi.—: Injuries between Tenants in Common.
1 source · 1 anchorNyberg v. Handelaar 1
Vii.—: Extended Protection of Possession.
2 sources · 2 anchorsStatute of Limitations 1 · adversus extraneos vitiosa possessio prodesse solet (Roman law maxim) 1
Ix.—: Grounds of Justification and Excuse.
3 sources · 3 anchorsJudicature Acts 1 · Acts for the prevention of cruelty to animals 1 · Statute of forcible entry, 5 Richard II (1381) 1
X.—: Remedies.
3 sources · 3 anchorsCommon Law Procedure Act 1 · Judicature Acts 1 · Waverley Novels 1
Chapter X.: Nuisance.
5 sources · 5 anchorsCommentaries on the Laws of England 1 · Lyon v. Fishmongers' Company 1 · Metropolitan Local Management Acts 1 · Prescription Act 1 · St. Helen's Smelting Company v. Tipping 1
Chapter XI.: Negligence, I.—: The General Conception.
5 sources · 5 anchorsRoman law doctrine of culpa lata and dolus 1 · a Supreme Court of Massachusetts decision on recklessness and ordinary prudence 1 · an 1837 decision on the standard of ordinary prudence 1 · an early case on the duty of an artificer (assumpsit) 1 · definition of negligence 1
Ii.—: Evidence of Negligence.
9 sources · 20 anchorsmonograph on the law of negligence 1 · Metropolitan Railway Company v. Jackson 4 · Bridges v. North London Railway Company 1 · Cotton v. Wood 1 · Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway Co. v. Slattery 1 · North Eastern Railway Company v. Wanless 1 · Scott v. London Dock Co. 1 · Smith v. London and South Western Railway Company 7 · an 1865 decision on presumption of negligence 3
Iii.—: Contributory Negligence.
8 sources · 15 anchorsButterfield v. Forrester 1 · Child v. Hearn 1 · Davies v. Mann 2 · Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford Railway Co. v. Slattery 1 · Judicature Act, 1873 1 · Mayor of Colchester v. Brooke 1 · Radley v. London and North Western Railway Co. 6 · Tuff v. Warman 2
Iv.—: Auxiliary Rules and Presumptions.
1 source · 2 anchorsClayards v. Dethick 2
Chapter XII.: Duties of Insuring Safety.
17 sources · 37 anchorsCommentaries on the Laws of England 1 · Rylands v. Fletcher 14 · Indermaur v. Dames 5 · Barnes v. Ward 1 · Byrne v. Boadle 1 · Corby v. Hill 1 · Cox v. Burbidge 1 · Dixon v. Bell 1 · Longmeid v. Holliday 1 · Lord Campbell's Act 1 · Nichols v. Marsland 1 · Thomas v. Winchester 3 · Ballard v. Tomlinson 1 · G. W. R. Co. of Canada v. Braid 2 · George v. Skivington 1 · Kearney v. London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Co. 1 · Unnamed decision of the courts of the State of New York on a collapsed building 1
Chapter XIII.: Special Relations of Contract and Tort.
2 sources · 2 anchorsCommon Law Procedure Act 1 · Statute of Westminster 1
I.—: Alternative Forms of Remedy on the same Cause of Action.
1 source · 1 anchorCounty Courts Act 1
Ii.—: Concurrent Causes of Action.
11 sources · 16 anchorsLongmeid v. Holliday 1 · The Lex Aquilia 1 · Alton v. Midland Railway Co. 4 · Austin v. Great Western Railway Company 1 · Collen v. Wright 1 · Dalyell v. Tyrer 1 · Denton v. Great Northern Railway Company 1 · Foulkes v. Met. Dist. R. Co. 3 · Marshall's case 1 · The Circuiteers 1 · Winterbottom v. Wright 1
Iii.—: Causes of action dependent on collateral contract. What did Lumley v. Gye decide? Causes of Action in Tort depend
7 sources · 10 anchorsDerry v. Peek 1 · Lumley v. Gye 3 · Bowen v. Hall 2 · Factors Acts 1 · Dickson v. Reuter's Telegram Co. 1 · Fleming's case 1 · Foulkes v. Met. Dist. R. Co. 1
Iv.—: Measure of Damages and other Incidents of the Remedy.
1 source · 2 anchorsHadley v. Baxendale 2
Appendix a. Historical Note on the Classification of the Forms of Personal Action.
18 sources · 21 anchorsCommentaries on the Laws of England 2 · County Courts Act, 1856 1 · Natura Brevium 1 · Analysis of the Law of England 2 · Bracton's treatise on the laws of England 2 · Britton 1 · Common Law Procedure Act, 1852 1 · Common Law Procedure Act, 1860 1 · County Courts Act, 1846 1 · County Courts Act, 1850 1 · County Courts Act, 1867 1 · County Courts Act, 1888 1 · Discourse on Law 1 · Fleta 1 · Statute of Westminster the Second 1 · dictum on the nature of trover 1 · note on detinue sur bailment and sur trover 1 · statute of 1330 1
Appendix B. Employers’ Liability Act, 1880.
3 sources · 29 anchorsEmployers' Liability Act, 1880 27 · Employers and Workmen Act, 1875 1 · Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act, 1877 1
Appendix C. Statutes of Limitation, An Acte for lymytacion of Accions, and for avoyding of Suits in Lowe. (21 James I. c
1 source · 2 anchorsAn Acte for Lymytacion of Accions (21 Jac. I, c. 16) 2
An Act for the Amendment of the Law and the better Advancement of Justice. (4 & 5 Anne, c. 3).
1 source · 1 anchorAn Acte for Lymytacion of Accions (21 Jac. I, c. 16) 1
Appendix D. Contributory Negligence in Roman Law.
6 sources · 14 anchorsCommentaries on the Laws of England 1 · Digest IX.2, L. 11 pr. (reported opinion) 2 · Act of 4 & 5 Anne, c. 16 1 · Digest IX.2, Ad legem Aquiliam (L. 28 and L. 31) 4 · Digest IX.2, Ad legem Aquiliam (L. 9 § 4 and L. 11 pr.) 4 · Sententiae Receptae I.15 § 3 2
Prefatory Note.
1 source · 1 anchoropinion favoring codification of Indian law 1
A Bill to define and amend certain parts of the Law of Civil Wrongs. Preliminary.
1 source · 1 anchorIndian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860) 1
General Part, Illustrations. (3)
1 source · 2 anchorsIndian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860) 2
General Part, Illustrations. (12)
1 source · 2 anchorsIndian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860) 2
General Part, Illustrations. (13)
1 source · 1 anchorIndian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860) 1
General Part, Illustrations. (15)
3 sources · 3 anchorsScott v. Shepherd 1 · Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860) 1 · Note B to the Commissioners' Draft (Indian Penal Code) 1
Special Part, Illustrations.
1 source · 1 anchorIndian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860) 1
Special Part, Illustration.
2 sources · 3 anchorsIndian Case-law on Torts 1 · Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860) 2
Chapter IV.: Defamation.
2 sources · 9 anchorsIndian Penal Code 8 · Capital and Counties Bank v. Henty 1
Exceptions.
1 source · 3 anchorsSpecial Part, Illustrations. (3)
2 sources · 2 anchorsDigest of the Criminal Law 1 · Capital and Counties Bank v. Henty 1
Special Part, Illustrations. (4)
1 source · 1 anchorMerivale v. Carson 1
Chapter V.: Wrongs against Good Faith.
1 source · 1 anchorSpecial Part, Illustrations. (6)
4 sources · 6 anchorsAshby v. White 1 · Lumley v. Gye 3 · Bowen v. Hall 1 · Tozer v. Child 1
Special Part, Illustrations. (8)
1 source · 1 anchor28 & 29 Vict. c. 56 1
Special Part, Illustrations. (9)
1 source · 1 anchorSpecial Part, Illustrations. (10)
2 sources · 2 anchorsIndian Easements Act, 1882 1 · Indian Limitation Act, 1877 1
Special Part, Illustration. (9)
2 sources · 2 anchorsSpecial Part, Illustrations. (13)
2 sources · 2 anchorsIndian Railway Act, 1879 1 · Wanless v. N. E. R. Co.; Cliff v. Midland R. Co. 1
Special Part, Illustrations. (16)
1 source · 1 anchorG. W. Ry. of Canada v. Braid 1
The Schedule. Acts of the Governor General in Council.
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