Tort Law Text, Cases, and Materials

Sommario

• I. Introductory


• 1: Introduction: the shape of tort law today


• II. International Interferences


• 2: Torts of intention


• III. The Tort of Negligence


• 3: The standard of care in negligence


• 4: The duty of care: introduction and development


• 5: Duty of care: applications


• 6: Causation, remoteness, and scope of duty: connection to the damage


• 7: Defences to negligence


• IV. General Matters


• 8: Limitation and contribution


• 9: Damages, compensation, and responsibility


• 10: Vicarious liability and non-delegable duties


• V. Nuisance and Duties Relating to Land


• 11: Nuisance


• 12: Rylands v Fletcher and strict liability


• 13: Occupiers' liability


• VI. Defamation and Privacy


• 14: Defamation


• 15: Privacy


• VII. Stricter Liabilities


• 16: Product liability


• 17: Breach of statutory duty


• 18: Trespass to land and goods, and conversion

Info autore

Professor Jenny Steele is Director of Research at York Law School, University of York. She is also a past president of the Society of Legal Scholars and was a co-editor of Legal Studies, the society's journal, from 2006 to 2011.

Riassunto

Tort Law: Text, Cases, and Materials combines incisive author commentary with carefully selected extracts from primary and secondary materials to provide a complete and supportive student text.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: jenny Steele, Jenny (Professor & Director of Research Steele, Steele Jenny
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 29.09.2022
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto civile, diritto processuale civile
• EAN: 9780198853916
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885391-6
• Numero di pagine: 1’040
• Serie: Text, Cases, And Materials
• Categorie: England, Wales, LAW / Torts, Law of torts, damages and compensation, Torts / Delicts, Wales / Cymru