Excerpt from The Foundations of Legal Liability, Vol. 1: A Presentation of the Theory and Development of the Common Law; Theory and Principles of Tort The reader will find that this subject of negligence has been much stirred. We have pointed out its complexity and have shown the reason for the difficulties which are here encountered. Above all, we have illustrated this branch of the law with a copiousness of concrete cases not attempted in connection with any other subject. For the convenience of those who may desire to discriminate we have had the illustrative matter printed in a smaller type than that which is used for the ordinary text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.