{"title":"Reforming Public Tort Law","authors":"Donald R. Brand","doi":"10.15367/com.v7i1.549","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The gradual movement away from traditional common law doctrines of sovereign and official immunity over the past 40 years has generally been hailed as a victory for individual rights. The author argues that these gains must be weighed against such dangers as inappropriate judicial intrusion in administrative matters and a decline in the capacity to govern.","PeriodicalId":46038,"journal":{"name":"COMMONWEALTH & COMPARATIVE POLITICS","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"COMMONWEALTH & COMPARATIVE POLITICS","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15367/com.v7i1.549","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"POLITICAL SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The gradual movement away from traditional common law doctrines of sovereign and official immunity over the past 40 years has generally been hailed as a victory for individual rights. The author argues that these gains must be weighed against such dangers as inappropriate judicial intrusion in administrative matters and a decline in the capacity to govern.
期刊介绍:
Long established as the leading publication in its field, the journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics contains scholarly articles which both report original research on the politics of Commonwealth countries and relate their findings to issues of general significance for students of comparative politics. The journal also publishes work on the politics of other states where such work is of interest for comparative politics generally or where it enables comparisons to be made with Commonwealth countries.