Governmental Liability

First published in 1953, this book presents a comparative study of the civil liability of governments in America, Europe and the Commonwealth.

The aim of this book is to study how a dozen legal systems have dealt with the problem of providing a financial remedy for individuals who have suffered injury of loss as a result of government activity. The original inspiration for the book came from a collquium on the subject of governmental liability, compensation and the law of civil wrongs, held at Birmingham University in September 1985 under the auspices of the UK National Committee for Comparative Law.

With government now having assumed an important role in most areas of economic and social life, issues relating to potential legal liability for wrongful or negligent activity has taken on increasing importance. When things go wrong, whether it involves matters as diverse as problems with the blood supply or with unsafe drinking water, those who suffer loss inevitably look to seek whether their losses can be traced back to government or regulatory failure.

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