The law of torts is concerned with the secondary obligations generated by the infringement of primary rights this apparently simple proposition enables us to understand the law of torts plural as we find it in the common law a rival mis conception exemplified judicially by the decision of the house of lords in anns v merton and academically by oliver wendell holmes the common law is that the law of tort singular is concerned with compensating those who suffer loss because of . Torts and rights amazonde robert stevens fremdsprachige bucher zum hauptinhalt wechseln prime entdecken hallo anmelden konto und listen anmelden konto und listen bestellungen entdecken sie prime einkaufs wagen bucher fremdsprachig los suche bestseller . The law of torts is concerned with the obligations that are created by the infringement of rights this work seeks to show that this apparently simple proposition provides the groundwork for a new theoretical model for conceiving the law of torts and a new way of understanding the subject. Torts and rights robert stevens description the law of torts is concerned with the secondary obligations generated by the infringement of primary rights this work shows that this apparently simple proposition enables us to understand the law of torts as found in the common law. The law of torts is concerned with the secondary obligations generated by the infringement of primary rights this work seeks to show that this apparently simple proposition enables us to understand the law of torts as found in the common law using primarily english materials but drawing heavily upon the law of other common law jurisdictions stevens seeks to give an account of the law of