Staff
Mr David Howarth
Position(s):
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Reader in Law (Department of Land Economy)
Contact information:
Email: drh20
Research interests:
- Private law (especially tort),
- UK policy processes (especially Parliament),
- climate change policy,
- legal profession.
Publications:
Books
Hepple and Matthews, Tort: Cases and Materials (OUP) 6th Edition
Textbook on Tort (Butterworths)
Book Chapters
'Intentional Torts' in C. Sappideen and P. Vines, Fleming on Tort (Thomson-Reuters, Sydney, 2011) ch. 2 23-48
'Defences to the Intentional Torts' in C. Sappideen and P. Vines, Fleming on Tort (Thomson-Reuters, Sydney, 2011) ch. 5 87-115
'The House of Lords: Central Policy Issues' in A. Fitzpatrick (ed), The End of the Peer Show? (Constitution Society, London, 2011) 99-108
'The General Conditions of Unlawfulness' in A. Hartkamp, M. Hesselink, E. Hondius, C.Mak and C.E. du Perron (eds) Towards a European Civil Code 4th edition (revised and expanded) (Wolters Kluwer/ Ars Aequi Libri, Alphen aan den Rijn, 2011) 845-885
'On Optimism in Politics', in A. Duff (ed.), Making the Difference: Essays in Honour of Shirley Williams (Biteback Publications, London 2010) 157-167
'Parliamentary Reform', in R. Fox, The Reform Challenge: Perspectives on Parliament, Past, Present and Future (Hansard Society, London) 2010 39-45
'Centre: In medias res', in K. Hickson, The Political Thought of the Liberals and Liberal Democrats since 1945 (Manchester University Press, Manchester) 2009 173-177
"What is Social Liberalism?" in D. Brack, R. Grayson and D. Howarth Reinventing the State (Politico's, London)
"The Duty of Care" in K Oliphant et al Law of Tort (Butterworths Common Law Series) (Butterworths)
"'Economic Concepts: Markets and Prosperity', 'Economic Concepts: Welfare State', Rationality', 'Hobhouse', 'Rawls', and 'Weber'" in D Brack and E Randall Dictionary of Liberal Thought (Politico's Publishing Ltd)
"Energy: A sustainable non-nuclear future" in D. Astle et al Britain after Blair (Profile Books Ltd)
"The General Conditions of Unlawfulness" in A Hartkamp et al Towards a European Civil Code (Kluwer, The Hague) 3rd Edition
"Profits from Breach of Contract" in S Hedley and M Halliwell (Ed), The Law of Restitution (Butterworths Common Law Series, 2002) (Butterworths), pp. 207-230
"Restitution for Torts and Miscellaneous Other Wrongs" in S Hedley and M Halliwell (Ed), The Law of Restitution (Butterworths Common Law Series, 2002) (Butterworths), pp. 231-272
"General Defences" in A Grubb (Ed), The Law of Tort (Butterworths Common Law Series, 2001) (Butterworths), pp. 145-185
"The Duty of Care" in A Grubb (Ed), The Law of Tort (Butterworths Common Law Series, 2001) (Butterworths), pp. 503-587
"The General Conditions of Unlawfulness" in Hartkamp, Heeselink, Hondius et al Towards a European Civil Code II (Kluwer Law International), pp. 397-431
"Is there a future for the intentional torts?" in P Birks (Ed), The Classification of Obligations (OUP), pp. 233-282
"Economic Loss in England: The search for coherence" in E Banakas (Ed), Civil Liability for Pure Economic Loss (Kluwer), pp. 27-54
"Making Sense Out of Nonsense" in Gross and Harrison (Ed), Jurisprudence: Cambridge Essays (OUP)
Articles
'Pecunia non olet' [2011] Cambridge Law Journal 499-501
'Libel: Its Purpose and Reform' [2011] Modern Law Review 845-877 The Backbench Business Committee of the House of Commons' [2011] Public Law 490-98
'The Cost of Libel Actions: A Sceptical Note' [2011] Cambridge Law Journal 397-419
'In the Theatre State' Times Literary Supplement 11 March 2011, p 23 'The Jackson Review: Lessons and Consequences' ch. 3 of K. Oliphant et al. On a slippery slope (Working Group on Civil Justice, 2011), 28-51
'The Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008' (2008) 8 Archbold News 6-10
"Many Duties of Care - Or A Duty of Care?" Notes from the Underground Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Volume 26, Number 3, 2006 , pp. 449-472
"Against Lumley v Gye" (2005) 68(2) Modern Law Review 195-232
"Poisoned Wells: "Proximity" and "Assumption of Responsibility" in Negligence. Sutradhar v NERC" [2005] Cambridge Law Journal 23-26
"Civil Liability for GM Farming: GM crops and the existing law" (2004) 12(5) Environmental Liability 185
"Public Authority Non-Liability: Spinning out of Control?" [2004] CLJ 542
"Civil Liability for GM Farming: unanswered questions" (2004) 12(4) Environmental Liability 137
"Nuisance and the House of Lords: Squaring the Triangle" [2004] Journal of Environmental Law 233
"The House of Lords and the Animals Act: Closing the Stable Door" [2003] CLJ 548-551
"Is Law A Humanity (Or is it more like Engineering?)" (2003) 3(1) Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 7-26
"Confidence, Data Protection and the Supermodel" [2003] C.L.J. 17
"Muddying the Waters: Tort Law and the Environment" [2002] Washburn Law Journal 469-513
"Privacy, Confidentiality and the Cult of Celebrity" [2002] CLJ 264-268
"Three Forms of Responsibility: On the Relationship Between Tort Law and the Welfare State" [2001] CLJ 553-580
"On the Question 'What is Law?' (2000) 6(3) Res Publica 259" (2000) 6(3) Res Publica 259
"Complexity Strikes Back: Valuation in the House of Lords" (2000) 8 Tort Law Rev 85
"Towards a Guilt-Free Society" Times Literary Supplement 5 June 1998, pp. 11-12
"My Brother's Keeper: Liability for the acts of third parties" [1994] Legal Studies 88
"Negligence after Murphy: Time to rethink" [1991] CLJ 58-99
"The Autonomy of Labour Law: A reply to Professor Wedderburn" 17 Industrial L.J. 11 (1988)
"O Madness of Discourse: Causation and the Law" 96 Yale L.J. 1389-1424 (1987)
"Neutral Principles for Employers" [1987] CLJ 227
"Frustration for Labour Lawyers" [1987] CLJ 47
"Church and State in Employment Law" [1986] Cambridge L.J. 404
"Bristow v. City Petroleum; Sealand v. Barratt" [1986] Industrial L.J. 190
"The Truck Act 1896 - Last Rites" [1986] CLJ 30
"A History of British Regional Policy in the 1970s" 2 Yale & Policy Rev. (1984) 215-255
"More concern for cause" 4 Legal Studies 131 (1984)