1st Edition

State Liability and the Law A Historical and Comparative Analysis

By Bartłomiej Wróblewski Copyright 2023
250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the historical foundations of holding public authorities accountable for their acts, and discusses how and why the idea that the state should or should not be held liable became established in three significant jurisdictions. The issue of state liability for legislative acts is considered one of the most difficult and controversial problems in jurisprudence. This book analyses... Read more

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction


Part One : The Institutions and Concepts of State Liability in Selected Legal Systems until the End of the 18th Century

Chapter I: Ancient Greece and Rome

Chapter II: The Middle Ages

Chapter III: The early modern era

Summary of Part One

Part Two: The Development of Contemporary Systems of State Liability for Acts of the Public Authorities

Chapter IV: Germany

Chapter V: France

Chapter VI: England

Summary of Part Two

Part Three: The Problems Associated with State Liability for Legislative Acts

Chapter VII: Liability for acts of the legislator in German scholarship and law

Chapter VIII: Recognition of liability for acts of the legislator in French scholarship and law

Chapter IX. The dogma of lack of liability for acts of the legislator in English scholarship and law

Summary of Part Three

Concluding remarks


 

Reference list

List of quoted normative instruments

List of quoted judgments

Biography

Bartłomiej Wróblewski is an Assistant Professor of Law at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland.