Overview

Casebook on Torts is essential reading for students new to studying tort law at undergraduate level. It provides a selection of extracts from leading cases which clearly illustrate the essence and reasoning behind each decision made. As a case-driven subject, decisions matter not only to the individuals concerned, but also in a wider context, and each extract is accompanied by author commentary wherein the key elements of each case are identified and analysed. The 11th edition has been fully updated to include the following new case extracts: On Negligence: Smith v Chief Constable of Sussex Gray v Thames Trains On Causation: Corr v IBC Online Resource Centre * Updates * Web links

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Author:   Richard Kidner
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   11th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.872kg
ISBN:  

9780199571734

ISBN 10:   0199571732
Pages:   510
Publication Date:   01 July 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   9780199644810
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Negligence: the basic principles of duty of care; 3. Breach of duty: the standard of care; 4. Causation and remoteness of damage; 5. Special duty problems: omissions; 6. Special duty problems: liability of public bodies; 7. Special duty problems: psychiatric injury; 8. Special duty problems: statements, services and economic loss; 9. Special duty problems: Acts and economic loss; 10. Special duty problems: contract and duty of care; 11. Special duty problems:defective structures; 12. Special duty problems: unborn children, wrongful life and wrongful birth; 13. Defences to negligence; 14. Damages for death and personal injuries; 15. Vicarious liability; 16. Breach of statutory duty; 17. Product liability; 18. Occupiers' liability; 19. Nuisance; 20. Liability for the escape of dangerous things; 21. Animals; 22. Trespass to the person; 23. Trespass to land; 24. Wrongful interference with goods; 25. Defamation; 26. Privacy and the intentional infliction of distress

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Richard Kidner is Emeritus Professor of Law at Aberystwyth University.

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