Private Law and the State

Andrew Robertson is Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia.Jason W Neyers is Professor of Law at Western University, Canada.

• 1. IntroductionAndrew Robertson and Jason Neyers2. The State, Obligations, and Interpretative MethodAndrew Robertson3. Diceyan Equality: Floor or Ceiling for Public Authority Liability?Erika Chamberlain4. The Liability of Public Authorities for TortsJames Edelman5. Hoist by its Own Petard: Can the State be Liable in a Civil Action for Breach of Statutory Duty?Neil Foster6. Wither the State? Challenges to Private and Public Law Created by Contracting out State FunctionsCatharine MacMillan7. Wrongful Disclosures from Police Investigations and the Citizen-State RelationshipNicole Moreham8. The Right to ResistNick McBride9. Private Law and Mass Claims: Regulating in the Place of the StateSuzanne Chiodo10. Framing Civil Actions for Wrongs as a Spectrum: From Tort Law to Pure EnforcementGrigoris Bacharis11. Remedies and the Public InterestAlexander Georgiou and Sandy Steel12. Explaining State Curbs on Contract RemediesSarah Worthington13. Public and Private in the Law of Public NuisanceArthur Ripstein14. Equity and Society: Interests and TechniquesYip Man