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The seventh edition of
Lunney & Oliphant's Tort Law: Text and Materials provides a complete, authoritative guide to the subject. The book combines clear overviews of the law with well-chosen extracts from cases and materials supported by insightful commentary.
List of contents
- 1: General introduction
- 2: Intentional interference with the person
- 3: Negligence: introduction
- 4: Breach of duty
- 5: Damage, causation and scope of liability
- 6: Defences to negligence
- 7: Negligence: duty of care - psychiatric illness
- 8: Negligence: duty of care - economic loss
- 9: Negligence: duty of care - omissions and acts of third parties
- 10: Statutory liability regimes
- 11: Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher
- 12: Defamation
- 13: Privacy
- 14: Vicarious liability
- 15: Damages for personal injury
- 16: Death and damages
- 17: How tort works
About the author
Donal Nolan is Professor of Private Law at the University of Oxford. He is also Francis Reynolds and Clarendon Fellow and Tutor at Worcester College, Oxford.
Ken Oliphant is Professor of Tort Law at the University of Bristol.
Summary
This book takes a socio-legal approach and provides a rich and thorough understanding of tort law. Each section begins with a clear overview of the law, followed by illustrative extracts from case law and from government reports and scholarly literature, which are supported by explanation and analysis. This seventh edition has been brought completely up to date by Ken Oliphant and Donal Nolan.
Digital formats
The seventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
· The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools and navigation features: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
· All of OUP's tort law textbooks are supported by online resources including bi-annual updates on the latest key developments in tort law, and self-test questions on key topics, with feedback, providing an opportunity for students to test and consolidate their learning.
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In my view, this book represents the best that all student texts should aspire to.
