ISBN : 9780198768807
Tort Law: Text, Cases, and Materials combines incisive author commentary with carefully selected extracts from primary and secondary materials to provide the perfect balance of support and encouragement. The author introduces the fundamental principles of the subject before moving on to discuss more challenging issues, thereby ensuring a full understanding of the subject and encouraging an appreciation of the more complex debates surrounding the law of tort. The book is intended to be a stand-alone text and to provide students with a comprehensive source of relevant materials in this one easy-to-use volume. This text is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre featuring updates on the latest developments in tort law, and web links to reliable and accurate resources for further study.
I. Introductory
1 The shape of tort law today
II. Intentional Interferences
2 Torts of intention
III. The Tort of Negligence
3 Essentials of negligence: establishing liability
4 Causation problems
5 Defences to negligence
6 Duty of care: applications
IV. General Matters
7 Limitation and contribution
8 Damages, compensation, and responsibility
9 Vicarious liability and non-delegable duties
V. Nuisance and Duties Relating to Land
10 Nuisance
11 Rylands v Fletcher and strict liability
12 Liability for dangerous premises
VI. Defamation and Privacy
13 Defamation
14 Privacy
VII. Stricter Liabilities
15 Product liability
16 Breach of statutory duty
17 Trespass to land and goods, and conversion
