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"Non-contractual liability arising out of damage caused to another" is one of the three main non-contractual obligations dealt with in the DCFR. The law of non-contractual liability arising out of damage caused to another (in the Common Law known as tort law or the law of torts, but in most other jurisdictions referred to as the law of delict) is the area of law which determines whether one who has suffered a damage can on that account demand reparation (in money or in kind) from another with whom there may be no other legal connection than the causation of damage itself. Besides determining the scope and extent of responsibility for dangers of one's own or another's creation, this field of ...
This study examines the relationship between denominational affiliation, class and gender in the city of Edinburgh between 1850 and 1905. The churches played a leading role in the movements for social and political reform, both locally and nationally. The diversity of church life is shown in the various schisms within Scottish Presbyterianism, which gradually reunited, although always with some individual congregations remaining outwith the unions. The various religious revivals, which occurred during this period, stimulated church growth and led to the development of philanthropy as an expression of faith in Christ. Although Presbyterianism was the dominant form of church government in Scotland, other denominations also played their part in the religious life of the city. In the social analysis of congregations, contrasting pairs of churches are examined, as are missions to the poor, who preferred to worship in their own environment. These missions were usually operated as evangelical outreach from large charges, as examples of Christianity in action where members sought to improve their social and moral conditions.
A major survey of Scotland's dominant ideology over the past three centuries by one of its leading historians.
This fully revised and updated second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law provides a wide-ranging and diverse critical survey of comparative law at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It summarizes and evaluates a discipline that is time-honoured but not easily understood in all its dimensions. In the current era of globalization, this discipline is more relevant than ever, both on the academic and on the practical level. The Handbook is divided into three main sections. Section I surveys how comparative law has developed and where it stands today in various parts of the world. This includes not only traditional model jurisdictions, such as France, Germany, and the Unite...