Tort and public law: overlapping categories?

Examines the extent to which an overlap exists between the legal categories of public law and tort. Considers how the tortious doctrines of misfeasance in public office and exemplary damages for oppressive, arbitrary or unconstitutional actions by servants of the Government may fall within public la...

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Main Author: Nolan, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Sweet and Maxwell 2019
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