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Liability for animals a comparative study: South African and German law
The field of' Liability for Animals' appears at first sight to be only of minor interest to academics. This, however, is a false syllogism as incidents involving animals are frequent, and courts constantly deal with claims regarding damages for injuries caused by animals. Indeed in many countries th...
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| description | The field of' Liability for Animals' appears at first sight to be only of minor interest to academics. This, however, is a false syllogism as incidents involving animals are frequent, and courts constantly deal with claims regarding damages for injuries caused by animals. Indeed in many countries the law of animals forms a special subject. With respect to English law for instance Lord Simonds, using the metaphor of a train, remarked that the Common Law of torts has developed historically in separate compartments and that beasts have travelled in a compartment of their own. 1 However, it is also true, that within this "tort-train" a few animals lurking in the other compartments marked 'Negligence or Nuisance' may also be found. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/42941 Liability for animals a comparative study: South African and German law Muller, Stephanie Fagan, Anton Animals South African German law The field of' Liability for Animals' appears at first sight to be only of minor interest to academics. This, however, is a false syllogism as incidents involving animals are frequent, and courts constantly deal with claims regarding damages for injuries caused by animals. Indeed in many countries the law of animals forms a special subject. With respect to English law for instance Lord Simonds, using the metaphor of a train, remarked that the Common Law of torts has developed historically in separate compartments and that beasts have travelled in a compartment of their own. 1 However, it is also true, that within this "tort-train" a few animals lurking in the other compartments marked 'Negligence or Nuisance' may also be found. 2026-03-06T06:48:07Z 2026-03-06T06:48:07Z 2000 2026-03-06T06:45:19Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42941 en eng application/pdf Centre for Law and Society Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Animals South African German law Muller, Stephanie Liability for animals a comparative study: South African and German law |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Liability for animals a comparative study: South African and German law |
| title_full | Liability for animals a comparative study: South African and German law |
| title_fullStr | Liability for animals a comparative study: South African and German law |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liability for animals a comparative study: South African and German law |
| title_short | Liability for animals a comparative study: South African and German law |
| title_sort | liability for animals a comparative study south african and german law |
| topic | Animals South African German law |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42941 |
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