Dear Colleagues:
Congratulations go to ODGer Russ Brown on the publication of his new
book:
Pure Economic Loss in Canadian Negligence Law by
LexisNexis. For more information on the book, see
http://www.lexisnexis.ca/bookstore/bookinfo.php?pid=2156.
Here is a brief excerpt from the advertisement:
A New
Perspective
- This
book adopts a new macro-organizational structure for
understanding pure economic loss: First, the subject area is
divided into two parts, with each part corresponding to one of
the two bases for recognizing a duty of care in negligence
law. Those bases are: (1) the physical loss basis and (2) the
reliance loss basis
- Second,
each of the four categories of pure economic loss is assigned
to one of those two parts (Relational Economic Loss and Loss
of Bargain Arising from Defective Products or Building
Structures fall under the physical loss basis, while Negligent
Misrepresentation and Negligent Performance are consigned to
the reliance loss basis)
A “First
Principles” Approach
- This
book brings a "first principles" approach to the question of
recovery for pure economic loss, by considering the source and
quality of the legal rights that claimants are asserting
- Lawyers
and judges think about their cases every day in terms of
parties' legal rights, but yet that reference point of legal
rights — which has shaped most of tort law — has, until now,
been absent from most discourse regarding claims for pure
economic loss.
Other
Unique Features
- Serves
dual purposes — this
book provides an account of the current state of the Canadian
law of pure economic loss, as well as an account of
the strengths and weaknesses of that current state. The book
functions as both a reference text and a scholarly critique.
Happy Reading,
--
Jason Neyers
Associate Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
University of Western Ontario
N6A 3K7
(519) 661-2111 x. 88435