This book provides a comparative perspective on one of the most intriguing developments in law: the influence of basic rights and human rights in private law. I

In recent years a strand of thinking has developed in private law scholarship which has come to be known as 'rights' or 'rights-based' analysis. Rights analysis

An examination of contemporary encounters between public law and private law from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

The Human Rights Act 1998 has had a profound effect in numerous private law decisions and has been the subject of extensive academic debate, in particular on th

Can private law assume an ecological meaning? Can property and contract defend nature? Is tort law an adequate tool for paying environmental damages to future g