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OXFORD JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES VOLUME 11 Published on behalf of The Faculty of Law, University of Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1991 General Editor: P. M. North Editorial Committee: J. C. McCrudden, P. N. Mirfield, D. D. Prentice, J. Hackney, S. Gardner, A. Briggs Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Petaling Jaya Singapore Hong Kong Tokyo Nairobi Dar es Salaam Cape Town Melbourne Auckland and associate companies in Beirut Berlin Ibadan Nicosia © Oxford University Press 1991 except where otherwise indicated CONTENTS ARTICLES Acorn, A. E., Similar Fact Evidence and the Principles of Inductive Reasoning: Makin Sense. ALLAN, T. R. S., Constitutional Rights and Common Law. BRADLEY, CAROLINE, Competitive Deregulation of Financial Services Activity in Europe after 1992. Davies, P. L., The European Community’s Directive on Insider Dealing: From Company Law to Securities Markets Regulation? Duxsury, NEIL, In the Twilight of Legal Realism: Fred Rodell and the Limits of Legal Critique. EEKELAAR, JOHN, Are Parents Morally Obliged to Care for their Children? Meap, GEOFFREY, Contracting into Crime: A Theory of Criminal Omissions. O’Darr, RICHARD, Justifying an Interference with Contractual Rights. PuGsLey, Davip, On Compiling Justinian’s Digest: The Victory Riots and the Appen- dix Mass. Raz, JOSEPH, Free Expression and Personal Identification. SMITH, LIONEL D., Three-Party Restitution: A Critique of Birks’s Theory of Inter- ceptive Subtraction. SPARKES, PETER, The Quantification of Beneficial Interests: Problems arising from Contributions to Deposits, Mortgage Advances and Mortgage Instalments. SwaANson, TIMOTHY M., The Importance of Contingency Fee Agreements. WEATHERILL, STEPHEN, The Changing Law and Practice of UK and EEC Merger Control. WESTMORELAND, ROBERT, Dworkin and Legal Pragmatism. VON HIRSCH, ANDREW and JAREBORG, NiLs, Gauging Criminal Harm: A Living- Standard Analysis. REVIEW ARTICLES COLLINS, HuGH, Methods and Aims of Comparative Contract Law. CONSTABLE, MARIANNE, Sociological Justice and Jurisprudential Nihilism. Duxsury, NEIL, Post-Modern Jurisprudence and its Discontents. GARDNER, JOHN and JUNG, HEIKE, Making Sense of Mens Rea: Antony Duff's Account. Harris, DONALD, Tort Law Reform in the United States. Hope, R. A., The Birth of Medical Law. RUBENSTEIN, MICHAEL, Beyond the Whinge. Simpson, A. W. B., Legal Education and Legal History. SHORTER ARTICLES AND COMMENTS BRIGHT, SUSAN, Beyond Sham and into Pretence. Cross, JOHN T., Protecting Confidential Information under the Criminal Law of Theft and Fraud. DEVEREUX, JOHN, The Capacity of a Child in Australia to Consent to Medical Treat- ment—Géillick Revisited. GARDNER, SIMON, Necessity’s Newest Inventions. Harris, J. W., Murphy Makes it Eight—Overruling comes to Negligence. MEYERSON, DENISE, Fundamental Contradictions in Critical Legal Studies. RickeTT, C. E. F., Strangers as Constructive Trustees in New Zealand. ROBERTSON, BERNARD and VIGNAUX, G. A., Inferring Beyond Reasonable Doubt. SELLERS, MORTIMER, Republican Impartiality. STEBBINGS, CHANTAL, Re Ponder Revisited. LEGISLATION {Entries refer to statutes receiving substantial discussion or criticism in this volume.] UNITED KINGDOM Children Act 1975 291 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 sl 162-3 Companies Act 1980 96, 98 et seq s 1(1)a and (b) s9 Part V Companies Act 1989 Company Securities (Insider Dealing) Act 1985 Contempt of Court Act 1981 s 2(2) s5 s10 Defective Premises Act 1972 418, 429 Fair Trading Act 1973 521 et seq s72 528 s 84 523 Part V 521 Family Law Reform Act 1969 287, 289-90 Financial Services Act 1986 103 Housing Act 1988 136 Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 133 Land Registration Act 1925 23 et seq s 70(1)(g) 240 et seq Latent Damage Act 1986 419 Law of Property Act 1925 s 53(2) Offences Ayainst the Person Act 1961 358 Race Relations Act 1976 s7l Resale Prices Act 1976 Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 s 21(2) Sale of Goods Act 1979 s6 Sexual Offences Act 1956 s 28 Trade Disputes Act 1906 Wills Act 1837 OTHER COUNTRIES Canadian Bill of Rights 1960 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 456, 471 et seq s 2(a) 472 s 2(d) 473 s10 464-8 Canadian Criminal Code 1970 s 613(1)(b)iii) 85 et seq Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987 (Aus) 287 Civil Rights Act 1964 (USA) 186 Consent to Medical and Dental Procedures Act 1985 (Aus) 287 Minors (Property and Contracts) Act 1970 (Aus) s49 287 CASES [Entries refer to cases receiving substantial discussion or criticism in this volume.] Abbey National Building Society v Cann (1990) 40, 239-40, 241 AG Securities v Vaughan, Antoniades v Villiers 1990 136, 138, 139 et seq Agip (Africa) Ltd v Jackson (1990) 500-2, 604 et seq Allen v Flood (1898) 228 Allen v Snyder (1977) 44 Anns v Merton London Borough Council (1978) 416 et seq Argyll Group v Distillers (1986) 535 Arris v Stukely (1677) 494, 503 Asher v Wallis (1707) 495, 503 Attorney-General v English (1983) 462 Attorney-General v Guardian Newspapers (No 2) 459-60, 470-1 Attorney-General v Times Newspapers (1974) 454-5 Attorney-General of Manitoba v Metropolitan Stores (1987) (Can) 476 B (RB) vw B (J) (1968) 285 Baker v Carr (1962) (USA) 362 Bernard v Josephs (1982) 47, 50, 60-1 Bilka-Kaufhaus GmbH v Weber von Hartz (1986) (ECJ) 254 et seq Bowen v Hall (1881) 227-8 Boyd v United States (1886) (USA) 480 Branzburg v Hayes (1972) (USA) 466-7 Bristol and West Building Society v Henning (1985) 241, 242 British Steel v Granada Television (1981) 464, 467 Browns South Molton Street Ltd v Cap M Securities Ltd (1990) 144 Burns v Burns (1984 53, 54 Carpenter v United States (1987) (USA) 100-1, 102, 268 et seq CBR v The Queen (1990) (Can) 90 Chase Manhattan NA v Israel-British Bank (London) Ltd (1980) 481 City of London Building Society v Flegg (1988) 41 Commonwealth of Australia v John Fairfax (1980) (Aus) 459-60 Cook v Cook (1968) 289 Cook v Deeks (1916) 515-16 Cooke v Head (1972) 48, 58 Cowcher v Cowcher (1972) 41-2, 43, 44, 50, 51, 53, 57 Cracknell v Cracknell (1971) 58 Crisp v Mullings (1976) 50 Cuckmere Brick Co Ltd v Mutual Finance Ltd (1971) 244, 245 Cutsforth v Mansfield Inns (1986) 535-6 D and F Estates Ltd v Church Commissioners for England (1989) 417, 419, 425, 427-8 De Mattos v Gibson (1854) 232-3 Department of the Environment v Thomas Bates and Son Ltd (1990) 417 Dirks v SEC (1983) (USA) 100, 102 Diwell v Farnes (1959) 57 Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) 422, 423, 425, 429 DPP v Boardman (1975) 63 et seq, 72, 84, 90-1 Dudley and Stephens (1884) 127 Dutton v Bognor Regis Urban District Council (1972) 416, 422-3, 425, 426, 427 Eaton v Dainer (1894) 613, 614, 615 Edwin Hill v First National Finance Corporation PLC (1988) 228 et seq Einhorn v Westmount Investments Ltd (1969) (Can) 233 Entick v Carrington (1765) 457, 479-80 Equiticorp Industries Group Ltd v Hawkins (1991) (NZ) 605 Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Kingswood Motors (Addleston) Ltd (1974) 234-5, 239 Estawest Investments v Commercial Express Travel Ltd (1988) 137 Falconer v Falconer (1970) 48, 51, 56 Gillick v West Norfolk Area Health Authority (1986) 248-9, 283 et seq Gisborne v Burton (1989) 142 Gissing v Gissing (1971) 41, 42, 44, 49-50, 54, 59 Glamorgan Coal Co v South Wales Miners (1903) 228, 230, 244 Grant v Edwards (1986) 42-3 Gregg v Georgia (1976) (USA) 183 Griswold v Connecticut (1965) (US) 181, 187 Hall v Hall (1982) 58, 60 Hayward v Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Ltd (1986) 254 et seq Heseltine v Heseltine (1971) 56 Hilton v Plustitle (1989) 137 et seq Home Office v Harman (1982) 464-5 Hunter v Southam (1984) (Can) 479-80 In re Montagu’s Settlement Trusts (1987) 500 Jacob v Allen (1703) 496 Johnson v Moreton (1980) 141 Junior Books v Veitchi Co Ltd (1983) 427, 429 K v Minister for Youth and Community Services (1982) (Aus) 287 Lamine v Dorrell (1705) 495 Lister v Hodgson (1867) 517 Lloyds Bank plc v Rosset (1990) 43-4, 54 (1989CA), 239-40, 241 Lochner v New York (1905) (US) 184 Lumley v Gye (1853) 227 Lyell v Kennedy (1889) 495 Makin v The Attorney General of New South Wales (1894) 63 et seq, 71 et seq, 80 et seq Malayan Credit v Jack Chia (1986) 57 Marsh v Von Sternberg (1986) 50 Merkur Island Shipping v Laughton (1983) 236-7 Mikeover Ltd v Brady (1989) 143 Moses v McFerlan (1960) 503 Munn v Illinois (1877) (USA) 184 Murphy v Brentwood District Council (1990) 416-30 Navinter SA v Pastoll (1989) 143, 144-5 Noor Mohamed v R (1949) Official Custodian for Charities v Mackeg (No 2) (1985) Padfield v Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1968) Passee v Passee (1988) Pete’s Towing Services Limited v Northern Industry Union of Workers (1972) (NZ) 244, 245 Pettit v Pettitt (1970) 49 Pond v Underwood (1705) 496 Powell v Thompson (1991) (NZ) 598 et seq R v Ball (1911) 76, 79-80, 88-9 R v Big M Drug Mart (1985) (Can) 472 et seq R v Bonnyman (1942) 164 R v Bowne (1939) 129 et seq R v Chamberlain (1984) (Aus) 431 et seq R v Conde (1867) 162 R v Conway (1989) 125 et seq R vw D (LE) (1989) (Can) 87 et seq R v Dytham (1979) 151-2, 159 R v Gibbins and Proctor (1918) 162 R v Green (1988) (Can) 86 et seq R v Haines (1847) 157-8 R v Instan (1893) 159, 164 R v Martin (1989) 125 et seq R v Miller (1983) 166-7 R v Perka (1984) 131-2, 134, 135 R v Pittwood (1902) 158, 159 R v Robertson (1987) (Can) 84 et seq R v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, ex parte Lonrho (1989) 520 et seq R v Secretary of State for Trade, ex parte Anderson Strathclyde (1983) 523 et seq R v Shepherd (1989) 431 et seq R v Sheppard (1981) 163 R v Smith (1914-15) 75 R v Stone and Dobinson (1977) 159, 164-5 R v Straffen (1952) 72-3, 76, 81 Re D (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilization) (1976) 285 Re Densham (1975) 45 Re Diplock (1948) 492, 497, 500, 502 Re F (Mental Patient: Sterilization) (1990) 125, 127 et seq Re P (A Minor) (1982) 285 Re Ponder (1921) 609-16 Re Racal Communications (1981) 455 Re Ralli’s Will Trusts (1964) 512, 517 Re Rose (1952) 512, 517 Re Simms (1934) 490-1, 503 Read v Operative Society of Stonemasons (1902) 229 Reference Re Public Service Employees Relations Act (1987) (Can) 473 Retail, Wholesale and Dept Store Union v Dolphin Delivery (1986) (Can) 476-7 Rimmer v Rimmer (1953) 47, 57 Rivtow Marine Ltd v Washington Ironworks (1978) 423, 426 Robertson and Rosetanni v The Queen (1963) (Can) 472 Scroggam v Stewardson (1674) 284 Sergeant v Stryker (1838) (USA) 488-9, 491, 501, 503 Sidaway v Governors of Bethlem Royal Hospital (1985) 251-2 Snook v London & West Riding Investments Ltd (1967) 138, 139, 140 Somma v Hazlehurst (1978) 139 Southwark LBC v Williams (1971) 134, 135 Standard Chartered v Walker (1982) 244 Stewart v The Queen (1988) (Can) 266-8, 270 et seq Street v Mountford (1985) 136 et seq Sunday Times v United Kingdom (1979) (Eur) 461-2 Sweitzer v The Queen (1982) (Can) 82 et seq Swiss Bank v Lloyds Bank (1979) 232-3, 235 Temperton v Russell (1893) 227-8 The Antclizo (1988) 419 Thompson v The King (1918) 76-9 Turton v Turton (1988) 40, 60-1 Ulrich v Ulrich (1968) 47 US v Chiarella (1980) (USA) 101, 102 Walker v Hall (1984) 58 Weegham v Killfer (1914) (USA) 242 Wheeler v Leicester City Council (1985) 458-9 Williams v Everett (1811) 489-90, 491, 503 X Ltd v Morgan—Grampian (1990) 465n, 466 Young v Young (1984) 57