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2021
This chapter begins with a detailed treatment of the historical background to the law of nuisance, including an assessment of English influence and the rejection of the Rylands v Fletcher doctrine. It also provides a review of the ambit and complex typology of nuisance.
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This chapter begins with a detailed treatment of the historical background to the law of nuisance, including an assessment of English influence and the rejection of the Rylands v Fletcher doctrine. It also provides a review of the ambit and complex typology of nuisance.
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2022
This chapter looks at the consideration of public nuisance as an indictable offence in the common law and notes that it is at the discretion of the judge in the Crown Court. It explains that a public nuisance is an act not warranted by law or an omission to discharge a legal duty that endangers the life, health, property, or comfort of the public.
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This chapter looks at the consideration of public nuisance as an indictable offence in the common law and notes that it is at the discretion of the judge in the Crown Court. It explains that a public nuisance is an act not warranted by law or an omission to discharge a legal duty that endangers the life, health, property, or comfort of the public.
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2023
Abstract The book having established street sellers’ importance to London’s economy and culture, this chapter offers a new perspective on their relationship to the city’s government and police. It examines hawkers’ relationship to the different layers of metropolitan authority, arguing that they were generally allowed to carry on trading,
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Abstract The book having established street sellers’ importance to London’s economy and culture, this chapter offers a new perspective on their relationship to the city’s government and police. It examines hawkers’ relationship to the different layers of metropolitan authority, arguing that they were generally allowed to carry on trading,
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2003
Abstract This chapter traces the history of the law of nuisance. The medieval assize of nuisance and the action quod permittat were not comprehensive, because minor complaints of nuisance were supposed to go to local courts. The central courts acquired a wider and more effective jurisdiction through the use of actions on the case.
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Abstract This chapter traces the history of the law of nuisance. The medieval assize of nuisance and the action quod permittat were not comprehensive, because minor complaints of nuisance were supposed to go to local courts. The central courts acquired a wider and more effective jurisdiction through the use of actions on the case.
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2002
Abstract The tort of trespass vindicates rights, as we have seen, and the tort of negligence offers damages as compensation for harm. The tort of nuisance does both: it can be invoked whether you are complaining that a fire from next door destroyed your house or that the noise infringes your right to sleep.
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Abstract The tort of trespass vindicates rights, as we have seen, and the tort of negligence offers damages as compensation for harm. The tort of nuisance does both: it can be invoked whether you are complaining that a fire from next door destroyed your house or that the noise infringes your right to sleep.
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