Early on in my academic career, I had studied for the Bar examinations and conceived a passion for the English law, and in particular for those branches of it — the common law of tort and the law of trusts — in which real moral reasoning is brought to bear on everyday conflicts. (firstthings.com)
I would add only to Léonid's analysis that in the Canadian law of torts a victim can not be compensated for the «loss of a chance». (administrativelawmatters.com)