The Protection of Property Rights Through Tort Law

This book analyses the problems caused by relying on tort law mechanisms to protect tangible property interests in the common law and suggests a new way of thinking to rectify these issues. As English common law relies primarily on tort law for the protection of tangible property interests, property rights are protected by a group of claims that as a whole are informed by a set of concerns that have little to do with the vindication of property rights. The book demonstrates how tort law tends to