Common law of obligations divergence and unity

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unity, divergence and convergence in the common law of obligations / Andrew Robertson and Michael Tilbury -- The influence of comparative law on the English law of obligations / Andrew Burrows -- Unity, then divergence : the Privy Council, the common law of England and the common law of Canada, Australia and New Zealand / Paul Finn -- A conscious effort to develop a "different" common law of obligations : a possible endeavour? / Goh Yihan -- A common law of tort : is there a European rift in the common law family? / Paula Giliker -- A judicial perspective on the development of common law doctrine in the light of statute law / Anthony Mason -- Public actors and private obligations : a judicial perspective / Sian Elias -- The tort liability of public authorities : a comparative analysis / Peter Cane -- We'll meet again : convergence in the private law treatment of public bodies / Niamh Connolly -- How to have a common private law : the presuppositions of legal conversation / Allan Beever -- The philosophies of the common law and their implications : common law divergences, public authority liability and the future of a common law world / Dan Priel -- Obligations, governance and society : bringing the state back in / TT Arvind -- Divergent evolution in the law of torts : jurisdictional isolation, jurisprudential divergence and explanatory theories / James Gouldkamp and John Murphy -- Common law values : the role of party autonomy in private law / Sarah Worthington.