9. Strict Liability

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Contributors viii
5. Table of Cases x
6. Table of Statutes xxxvii
7. 1. Introduction 1
8. 2. Private Law in the Age of Rights 12
9. 3. The Politics of Private Law: Sexual Minority Freedom in South Africa and Scotland 37
10. 4. Child Law: Respecting the Rights of Children 81
11. 5. Property Deprivation of an Absentee in Emulation of the Laws of Succession: The Laws of Scotland and South Africa Compared 106
12. 6. The Right to Personal Security 130
13. 7. Privacy 156
14. 8. Defamation and Freedom of Expression 180
15. 9. Strict Liability 205
16. 10. Liability of Public Authorities and Public Officials 235
17. 11. Nuisance 256
18. 12. Contract Law and Human Rights 294
19. 13. Principles, Policy and Practice: Human Rights and the Law of Contract 330
20. 14. Juristic Persons and Fundamental Rights 361
21. 15. Examining the Labour Law and Social Dimension of Human Rights: The UK and South Africa 391
22. 16. Rights in Security 418
23. 17. Access to Credit, the Law of Suretyship and Unfair Suretyships 437
24. 18. The Human Right of Property in Land Law: Comparing South Africa and Scotland 465
25. 19. The Margin of Appreciation Doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights: Protection of Ownership and the Right to a Home 482
26. 20. Environment and Human Rights: The Right to Water in South Africa and Scotland 497
27. Index 514