Torts

ISBN-13: 9780230576759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 432 str.

Alastair Mullis

Opis

Tort is the area of civil law above all concerned with damages for negligence. This edition covers new legislation and takes account of recent decisions in relation to the law of defamation and privacy and the law of vicarious liability and the calculation of damages.

Spis treści

Preface Table of Cases Table of Statutes Introduction PART I: THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE Introduction The Duty of Care Concept Nervous Shock Economic Loss Omissions Special Duty Problems: Particular Parties Breach of the Duty of Care Causation Remoteness of Damage Defences PART II: INTERFERENCE WITH THE PERSON AND PERSONAL PROPERTY Interference with the Person and Personal Property Occupiers' Liability Product Liability Breach of Statutory Duty Trespass to the Person PART III: INTERFERENCE WITH LAND Introduction Private Nuisance The Rule in Rylands v. Fletcher PART IV: INTERFERENCE WITH REPUTATION Defamation Privacy PART V: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TORTIOUS LIABILITY Vicarious Liability and Joint Torts Remedies.

O autorze

ALASTAIR MULLIS is Professor of Law and Head of the Law School at the University of East Anglia. He has written widely on the subject of Tort Law, particularly on the law of defamation, and he is the joint General Editor of Carter-Ruck on Libel and Privacy.

KEN OLIPHANT is Director of the Institute for European Tort Law at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, and Professor of Tort Law at the University of Bristol. His many writings in the area include the revision and updating of the title on Tort for the fifth edition of Halsbury's Laws of England.

Blurb

The previous editions of Torts were highly regarded for their clarity of explanation and engaging writing style, and this new fourth edition fully retains each of these qualities. The text has been extensively revised and updated, and there is a new chapter on privacy. The enhanced layout includes end of chapter summaries and self-test exercises and an extensive bibliography. This is therefore an ideal companion to the subject for both law undergraduates and GDL/CPE students.