MA (Cantab), MPhil, LL.M. (Yale)
Professor of Law and Public Policy (Department of Land Economy)
Interests
Tort, Comparative Law, Jurisprudence, Economic Analysis of Law, Sociology of Law, Environmental Law, Law and Politics, Public Law
CV / Biography
*Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge
Honorary Bencher, Middle Temple
See further https://www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/directory/david-howarth/
Publications
Books
Law as Engineering: Thinking about what lawyers do (Elgar, 2013)
Publisher:
Elgar
ISBN:
0857933779
ISBN 13:
978-0857933775
Published Feb 2013
Hepple and Matthews, Tort: Cases and Materials (with Martin Matthews, Colm O'Cinneide Jonathan Morgan and Bob Hepple) (OUP, 2008) 6th Edition
Publisher:
OUP
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-920384-0
Published Oct 2008
Textbook on Tort (Butterworths, 1995)
Publisher:
Butterworths
Published May 1995
Articles
"The Place of Tort Law in the Public Transport System: The Case of the British Railway " Journal of European Tort Law 9(2):191-225
Citation:
Journal of European Tort Law 9(2):191-225
DOI:
http://doi.org/10.1515/jetl-2018-0110
Published: Sep 2018
"H.L.A. Hart's secondary rules: what do ‘officials’ really think? " International Journal of Law in Context 1-26 24 Apr 2017
Citation:
International Journal of Law in Context 1-26 24 Apr 2017
DOI:
http://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552317000192
Published: Apr 2017
"Libel: Its Purpose and Reform" [2011] Modern Law Review 845-877
Citation:
[2011] Modern Law Review 845-877
Published: Nov 2011
"The Backbench Business Committee of the House of Commons" [2011] Public Law 490-98
Citation:
[2011] Public Law 490-98
Published: Oct 2011
"The Costs of Libel Actions: A Sceptical Note" [2011] Cambridge Law Journal 397-419
Citation:
[2011] Cambridge Law Journal 397-419
Published: Mar 2011
"The Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008’" (2008) 8 Archbold News 6-10
Citation:
(2008) 8 Archbold News 6-10
Published: Sep 2008
"Many Duties of Care - Or A Duty of Care?" Notes from the Underground Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Volume 26, Number 3, 2006 , pp. 449-472
Citation:
Notes from the Underground Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Volume 26, Number 3, 2006 , pp. 449-472
Published: Nov 2006
"Against Lumley v Gye" (2005) 68(2) Modern Law Review 195-232
Citation:
(2005) 68(2) Modern Law Review 195-232
Published: Mar 2005
"Poisoned Wells: "Proximity" and "Assumption of Responsibility" in Negligence. Sutradhar v NERC" [2005] Cambridge Law Journal 23-26
Citation:
[2005] Cambridge Law Journal 23-26
Published: Mar 2005
"Civil Liability for GM Farming: GM crops and the existing law" (2004) 12(5) Environmental Liability 185
Citation:
(2004) 12(5) Environmental Liability 185
Published: Dec 2004
"Public Authority Non-Liability: Spinning out of Control?" [2004] CLJ 542
Citation:
[2004] CLJ 542
Published: Nov 2004
"Civil Liability for GM Farming: unanswered questions" (2004) 12(4) Environmental Liability 137
Citation:
(2004) 12(4) Environmental Liability 137
Published: Aug 2004
"Nuisance and the House of Lords: Squaring the Triangle" [2004] Journal of Environmental Law 233
Citation:
[2004] Journal of Environmental Law 233
Published: Jun 2004
"The House of Lords and the Animals Act: Closing the Stable Door" [2003] CLJ 548-551
Citation:
[2003] CLJ 548-551
Published: Nov 2003
"Is Law A Humanity (Or is it more like Engineering?)" (2003) 3(1) Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 7-26
Citation:
(2003) 3(1) Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 7-26
Published: Oct 2003
"Confidence, Data Protection and the Supermodel" [2003] C.L.J. 17
Citation:
[2003] C.L.J. 17
Published: Mar 2003
"Muddying the Waters: Tort Law and the Environment" [2002] Washburn Law Journal 469-513
Citation:
[2002] Washburn Law Journal 469-513
Published: Jun 2002
"Privacy, Confidentiality and the Cult of Celebrity" [2002] CLJ 264-268
Citation:
[2002] CLJ 264-268
Published: Jun 2002
"Three Forms of Responsibility: On the Relationship Between Tort Law and the Welfare State" [2001] CLJ 553-580
Citation:
[2001] CLJ 553-580
Published: Nov 2001
"On the Question 'What is Law?' (2000) 6(3) Res Publica 259" (2000) 6(3) Res Publica 259
Citation:
(2000) 6(3) Res Publica 259
Published: Nov 2000
"Complexity Strikes Back: Valuation in the House of Lords" (2000) 8 Tort Law Rev 85
Citation:
(2000) 8 Tort Law Rev 85
Published: Jun 2000
"Towards a Guilt-Free Society" Times Literary Supplement 5 June 1998, pp. 11-12
Citation:
Times Literary Supplement 5 June 1998, pp. 11-12
Published: Jun 1998
"My Brother's Keeper: Liability for the acts of third parties" [1994] Legal Studies 88
Citation:
[1994] Legal Studies 88
Published: Mar 1994
"Negligence after Murphy: Time to rethink" [1991] CLJ 58-99
Citation:
[1991] CLJ 58-99
Published: Mar 1991
"The Autonomy of Labour Law: A reply to Professor Wedderburn" 17 Industrial L.J. 11 (1988)
Citation:
17 Industrial L.J. 11 (1988)
Published: Oct 1988
"O Madness of Discourse: Causation and the Law" 96 Yale L.J. 1389-1424 (1987)
Citation:
96 Yale L.J. 1389-1424 (1987)
Published: Oct 1987
"Neutral Principles for Employers" [1987] CLJ 227
Citation:
[1987] CLJ 227
Published: Jul 1987
"Frustration for Labour Lawyers" [1987] CLJ 47
Citation:
[1987] CLJ 47
Published: Mar 1987
"Church and State in Employment Law" [1986] Cambridge L.J. 404
Citation:
[1986] Cambridge L.J. 404
Published: Jun 1986
"Bristow v. City Petroleum; Sealand v. Barratt" [1986] Industrial L.J. 190
Citation:
[1986] Industrial L.J. 190
Published: Mar 1986
"The Truck Act 1896 - Last Rites" [1986] CLJ 30
Citation:
[1986] CLJ 30
Published: Mar 1986
"A History of British Regional Policy in the 1970s" 2 Yale & Policy Rev. (1984) 215-255
Citation:
2 Yale & Policy Rev. (1984) 215-255
Published: Mar 1984
"More concern for cause" 4 Legal Studies 131 (1984)
Citation:
4 Legal Studies 131 (1984)
Published: Mar 1984
Book Chapters
"Does Law Wear Out?" (with ,,), Engineering a Better Future Interplay between Engineering, Social Sciences and Innovation (Springer, 2018)
Publisher:
Springer
ISBN 13:
9783319911335
Published Aug 2018
"Lawyers and the Rule of Law" (with ,,), Handbook on the Rule of Law (Elgar, 2018)
Publisher:
Elgar
ISBN 13:
978 1 78643 243 8
Published Aug 2018
"Of Power Cables and Bridges: Individual Rights and Retrospectivity in Miller and Beyond " (with ,,), The UK Constitution After Miller Brexit and Beyond. (Hart, 2018)
Publisher:
Hart
ISBN 13:
9781509916405
Published Jul 2018
" Socio-economic analysis of the EU Common approach on liability rules and insurance related to connected and autonomous vehicles " (with C. Rohr, F. Dunkerley), A Common EU Approach to Liability Rules and Insurance for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles European Added Value Assessment Accompanying the European Parliament's Legislative Own-initiative Report (European Parliament, 2018)
Publisher:
European Parliament
ISBN 13:
9789284625505
Published Mar 2018
"Is the Lex Parliamentaria Really Law? The House of Commons as a Legal System" (with None ), Essays on the History of Parliamentary Procedure (Hart, 2017), pp. 311-322
Publisher:
Hart
Pages:
311-322
ISBN 13:
978-1-5099-0020-6
Published Dec 2017
"Removing precariousness: a conceptual note" (with None), Approches franco-britanniques de la précarité (LGDJ, 2016), pp. 161-169
Publisher:
LGDJ
Pages:
161-169
ISBN 13:
9791990426580
Published Sep 2016
"The Politics of Public Law", Cambridge Companion to Public Law (Cambridge University Press, 2015), pp. 37-55
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Pages:
37-55
ISBN 13:
978-1107655096
Published Sep 2015
"Lawyers in the House of Commons" (with David Feldman), Law in Politics, Politics in Law (Hart, 2013), pp. 41-64
Publisher:
Hart
Pages:
41-64
ISBN 13:
9781849464734
Published Dec 2013
"The House of Lords: Central Policy Issues" (with A. Fitzpatrick), The End of the Peer Show? (Constitution Society, 2011), pp. 99-108
Publisher:
Constitution Society
Pages:
99-108
Published Jun 2011
"Intentional Torts" (with C. Sappideen and P. Vines), Fleming's Law of Torts (Thomson-Reuters, 2011), pp. 23-48
Publisher:
Thomson-Reuters
Pages:
23-48
ISBN 13:
978-0455218274
Published Apr 2011
"Defences to the Intentional Torts" (with C. Sappideen and P. Vines), Fleming's Law of Torts (Thomson-Reuters, 2011), pp. 87-115
Publisher:
Thomson-Reuters
Pages:
87-115
ISBN 13:
978-0455218274
Published Apr 2011
"The General Conditions of Unlawfulness" (with A. Hartkamp, M. Hesselink, E. Hondius, C.Mak and C.E. du Perron), Towards a European Civil Code 4th edition (revised and expanded) (Wolters Kluwer/ Ars Aequi Libri, Alphen aan den Rijn, 2010), pp. 845-885
Publisher:
Wolters Kluwer/ Ars Aequi Libri, Alphen aan den Rijn
Pages:
845-885
ISBN 13:
978-9041133571
Published Dec 2010
"What is Social Liberalism?" (with D. Brack, R. Grayson and D. Howarth), Reinventing the State (Politico's, London, 2007)
Publisher:
Politico's, London
Published Sep 2007
"The Duty of Care" (with K Oliphant et al), Law of Tort (Butterworths Common Law Series) (Butterworths, 2007)
Publisher:
Butterworths
Published Jul 2007
"'Economic Concepts: Markets and Prosperity', 'Economic Concepts: Welfare State', Rationality', 'Hobhouse', 'Rawls', and 'Weber'" (with D Brack and E Randall), Dictionary of Liberal Thought (Politico's Publishing Ltd, 2007)
Publisher:
Politico's Publishing Ltd
Published Feb 2007
"Energy: A sustainable non-nuclear future" (with D. Astle et al), Britain after Blair (Profile Books Ltd, 2006)
Publisher:
Profile Books Ltd
Published Sep 2006
"The General Conditions of Unlawfulness" (with A Hartkamp et al), Towards a European Civil Code (Kluwer, The Hague, 2004)
Publisher:
Kluwer, The Hague
Published Jul 2004
"Profits from Breach of Contract" (with S Hedley and M Halliwell), The Law of Restitution (Butterworths Common Law Series, 2002) (Butterworths, 2002), pp. 207-230
Publisher:
Butterworths
Pages:
207-230
Published Aug 2002
"Restitution for Torts and Miscellaneous Other Wrongs" (with S Hedley and M Halliwell), The Law of Restitution (Butterworths Common Law Series, 2002) (Butterworths, 2002), pp. 231-272
Publisher:
Butterworths
Pages:
231-272
Published Aug 2002
"General Defences" (with A Grubb), The Law of Tort (Butterworths Common Law Series, 2001) (Butterworths, 2001), pp. 145-185
Publisher:
Butterworths
Pages:
145-185
Published Jun 2001
"The Duty of Care" (with A Grubb), The Law of Tort (Butterworths Common Law Series, 2001) (Butterworths, 2001), pp. 503-587
Publisher:
Butterworths
Pages:
503-587
Published Jun 2001
"The General Conditions of Unlawfulness" (with Hartkamp, Heeselink, Hondius et al), Towards a European Civil Code II (Kluwer Law International, 1998), pp. 397-431
Publisher:
Kluwer Law International
Pages:
397-431
Published Aug 1998
"Is there a future for the intentional torts?" (with P Birks), The Classification of Obligations (OUP, 1997), pp. 233-282
Publisher:
OUP
Pages:
233-282
Published Jun 1997
"Economic Loss in England: The search for coherence" (with E Banakas), Civil Liability for Pure Economic Loss (Kluwer, 1996), pp. 27-54
Publisher:
Kluwer
Pages:
27-54
Published Jun 1996
"Making Sense Out of Nonsense" (with Gross and Harrison), Jurisprudence: Cambridge Essays (OUP, 1992)
Publisher:
OUP
Published Jun 1992
Book Reviews
Bowing and Scraping: How the law favours the Royal Family Times Literary Supplement 30 June 2017
Published Jun 2017
A Coalition is Born [2011] Journal of Liberal History 40-45
Published Jun 2011
In the Theatre State Times Literary Supplement 11 March 2011, p 23
Published Mar 2011
Case Notes
Fear and Loathing in Dorset: No public authority duty to protect? (2018) 77(2) CLJ 248-251
DOI:
10.1017/S000819731800048X
Published: Jul 2018
Noise and Nuisance (2014) 73(2) CLJ 247-250
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S000819731400066X
Published: Jul 2014
Reports
The Jackson Review: Lessons and Consequences
Body / Institution:
in K. Oliphant et al. On a slippery slope (Working Group on Civil Justice, 2011),
Link to report
Published: Feb 2011