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Now in its eight edition, Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law provides a general overview of the law and full discussion of the academic debates on all major topics, highlighting the relationship between the common law, legislation, and judicial policy. In addition, the authors provide a variety of comparative and economic perspectives on the law of tort and its likely development, always placing the subject in its socio-economic context thereby giving students a deeper and richer understanding of tort law. This detailed and authoritative book offers teachers a wider range of topics to cover, while providing students with a text which is both descriptive and reflective of this branch of law. Digital formats This eighth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. - The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks

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Author:   Simon Deakin, FBA (Professor of Law and a Fellow of Peterhouse, Professor of Law and a Fellow of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge) ,  Zoe Adams (Junior Research Fellow, King's College, University of Cambridge, Junior Research Fellow, King's College, University of Cambridge) ,  Sir Basil S. Markesinis, QC, FBA
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   8th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   1.734kg
ISBN:  

9780198747963

ISBN 10:   0198747969
Pages:   1016
Publication Date:   16 September 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

I Setting the Scene 1: Introduction 2: Some advice for the novice tort lawyer II The Tort of Negligence 3: Establishing liability in principle: duty of care 4: Liability for fault: breach 5: Liability for damage caused: causation and remoteness III Special Forms of Negligence 6: Liability of occupiers and builders 7: Breach of statutory duty 8: Liability of public and statutory bodies IV Interference with the Person 9: Intentional interference 10: Malicious prosecution V Land, Chattels, and Intentional Interference with Economic Interests 11: Interference with chattels 12: Trespass to Land 13: Nuisance 14: Deceit 15: The economic torts VI Stricter Forms of Liability 16: The rule in Rylands v Fletcher 17: Liability for animals 18: Employer's liability 19: Vicarious liability 20: Product liability VII Protection of Human Dignity (in private law) 21: Defamation and injurious falsehood 22: The protection of human privacy VIII Defences and Remedies 23: Defences 24: Damages 25: Other remedies and multiple liabilities

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Simon Deakin is Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge where he teaches private law, labour law and the economics of law. He is Director of the Cambridge Centre for Business Research (CBR) and a Fellow of Peterhouse. Zoe Adams is Junior Research Fellow at King's College, Cambridge and an Affiliated Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge. She is teaches tort law, labour law and the law of economics of law.

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