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A practical guide to the law of torts and how to study itConnecting with Tort Law provides students with not only the understanding of the law of torts itself, but also the fundamentals of legal argument and problem-solving. The text is divided into two parts.Part 1: Preparing for Success gives an overview of tort law and its challenges, and sets students up for successful study in torts. Students will learn how to analyse problem questions and torts cases, how to identify issues and structure an answer to a torts problem, and how to argue like a torts lawyer.Part 2: The Torts puts the insights gained from Part 1 into practice as the elements of each tort are identified. This section has been thoroughly updated with new cases and references and has an increased focus on negligence, reflecting the legislative changes in this area. There are three new chapters covering negligence: Duty of Care, Breach, and Causation. In addition Chapter 9: Defamation has been updated with a specific focus on defamation in the age of social media, and Chapter 10: Introduction to Negligence also incorporates the challenges of the Digital Age.KEY FEATURESActive reading tasks help students focus on the law as they read each chapter and reinforce their understandingLegislation Alerts prompt students to take note of statutes in their jurisdiction that may modify the common lawLook-up charts clearly present all of the basic elements of each tort and the ‘ingredients’ of each defence in a compact and easy-to-understand format. These assist in diagnosing problem questions and are invaluable exam aidsTest Your Understanding provides problem-solving questions that will help students consolidate their learning and develop key legal skillsCases To Remember provides summaries of important cases that students can use to model their own case summaries.

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Julia Davis is an Associate Professor in Law and Program Director in Law and Legal Studies at the School of Law in the UniSA Business School. As Associate Professor in Law she teaches in the Honours program and researches in tort law, sentencing law and jury studies. As Program Director, she supports students in the law and legal studies programs. Julia Davis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA), and Honours degree in Law (LLB) and a PhD in law. Her current research focuses on developing new methods of measuring informed public opinion on sentencing and her research findings have been published both nationally and internationally, including in the British Journal of Criminology and in Punishment and Society. Marco Rizzie joined UWA Law School in 2018 where he teaches in the JD and LLM programs. He obtained an LLB and a Master of Laws in Civil Law at the University of Pisa (Italy) and a Diploma License in Legal Sciences, awarded with honours, at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa. In 2010 he obtained an LLM in European, Comparative and International Law from the European University Institute in Florence (Italy), where he went on to undertake research for his PhD, awarded in 2015. Prior to joining UWA he has been Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Law at the University of Seychelles. Kate Offer teaches Torts and Evidence in the Law School at UWA and Education Law in the Graduate School of Education. She is co-author of Field & Offer 'Western Australian Evidence Law'. Her research focus is Evidence, Education Law and Legal Education. Kate served as a board member on the Wesley College Council from 2007 - 2015. She is currently chair of the second Disciplinary Committee of the Teachers Registration Board of Western Australia.

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