Altruism in private law : liability for nonfeasance and negotiorum gestio / Jeroen Kortmann.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Negotiorum gestio -- Europe.

Assistance in emergencies -- Europe.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Introduction

What is nonfeasance?

Theoretical justifications for distinguishing between feasance and nonfeasance

Liability for nonfeasance in continental European private law

Liability for nonfeasance in English private law

Towards a more consistent approach

The different measures of recovery and their terminology

Theoretical arguments against granting a remedy to the intervene r

Theoretical arguments in favour of granting a remedy to the intervener

The continental doctrine of negotiorum gestio

The position in English law

Towards a general principle: using the existing doctrines?

Towards a new principle.

Kortmann examines and compares the varied responses of the Roman, French, German, and English legal systems to problems connected to helping our fellow human beings , providing the first comprehensive treatment of English law in relation to 'liability for nonfeasance' (or 'liability for omissions') and 'negotiorum gestio' (or 'the doctrine of necessity').

Table of contents and index are taken from the published works with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199280056

xxiii, 202 p.