BY THE SAME AUTHOR JURISPRUDENCE OR THE THEORY OF THE LAW SECOND EDITION LONDON: STEVENS AND HAYNES A TREATISE ON THE ENGLISH LAW OF LIABILITY FOR CIVIL INJURIES BY JOHN W. SALMOND M.A., LL.B.; FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON; A BAPPISTER LONDON: BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR 1907 PREFACE. I have endeavoured in this book to set forth the principles of the law of torts with as much precision, coherence and system as the subject admits of, and with as much detailed consideration as is necessary to make the work one of practical utility. No book is justified by the good intent of its author, but I hope that the present work will be found of use to lawyers and to students of law, as a general exposition, in moderate compass, of an extensive and in some respects difficult and imperfectly developed department of our legal system. J. W. S. WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, AUG. 5, 1907. |