Description: Vicarious Liability Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Critique and Reform Author(s): Anthony Gray Format: Paperback Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom Imprint: Hart Publishing ISBN-13: 9781509943876, 978-1509943876 Synopsis The scope of vicarious liability has significantly expanded since its original conception. Today employers are being found liable for actions of employees that they did not authorise, and never would have authorised if asked. They are being held liable for an employee's criminal activity. In the related strict liability field of non-delegable duties, they are being held liable for wrongdoing of independent contractors. Notions of strict liability have grown increasingly isolated in the law of tort, given the exponential growth in the tort of negligence. They require intellectual justification. Such a justification has proven to be elusive and largely unsatisfactory in relation to vicarious liability and to concepts of non-delegable duty. The law of three jurisdictions studied has now apparently embraced the 'enterprise risk' theory to rationalise the imposition of vicarious liability. This book subjects this theory to strong critique by arguing that it has many weaknesses, which the courts should acknowledge. It suggests that a rationalisation of the liability of an employer for the actions of an employee lies in more traditional legal doctrine which would serve to narrow the circumstances in which an employer is legally liable for a wrong committed by an employee.
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Book Title: Vicarious Liability
Subject Area: Commercial Law
Item Height: 234 mm
Item Width: 156 mm
Series: Hart Studies in Private Law
Author: Professor Anthony Gray
Publication Name: Vicarious Liability: Critique and Reform
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject: Law
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 417 g
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
