Sheehan, D orcid.org/0000-0001-9605-0667 (2009) Tracing the Modern Criticism of the Mistake of Law Bar. The University of East Anglia Norwich Law School Working Papers Series. ISSN 1754-5218
Abstract
This paper traces the origins of the criticisms of the mistake of law bar. The actual criticisms are well known and well rehearsed. What is less discussed is who first criticised the bar and how their arguments affected others and drove the increasing and then dominant view in England that the mistake of law bar had to be abolished. The paper argues that the most immediate influences came after the mid twentieth century with the publication of the first edition of Goff and Jones and the New Zealand Judicature (Amendment) Act 1958. The paper traces the influences on the book and the legislation and how the opposition to the bar then snowballed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Mistake of Law; Restitution; Legal History |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Aug 2019 10:13 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2019 10:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of East Anglia |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95434 |