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Cases and Commentary on Tort 6th Revised edition [Minkštas viršelis]

(Principal Lecturer, De Montfort University), (Principal Lecturer, De Montfort University)
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 656 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 246x170x31 mm, weight: 982 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 19-Mar-2009
  • Leidėjas: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 019929612X
  • ISBN-13: 9780199296125
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 656 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 246x170x31 mm, weight: 982 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 19-Mar-2009
  • Leidėjas: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 019929612X
  • ISBN-13: 9780199296125
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Cases and Commentary on Tort features a selection of extracts from important cases which facilitate access to this wide-ranging subject through primary sources. The authors' succinct and engaging commentary offers insight into the key cases and basic principles of tort law, while questions encourage further discussion of the wider issues raised.

Cases and Commentary on Tort features a range of extracts from significant cases which form a useful portfolio of primary sources for undergraduate students. The authors' succinct and engaging commentary offers insight into the basic principles of tort law and highlights the role the key cases play in the wider context of the subject. The extracts have been carefully selected to ensure they are of a manageable length while also providing an accurate picture of the main principles of tort law, making this an ideal text for students studying this area of law for the first time.
Table of cases
xix
Table of legislation
xlv
1 Duty I - General Principles
1(51)
Policy Issues and the Police
11(13)
Other `Rescue' and Emergency Services
24(3)
The Barristers' Immunity
27(4)
Local Authorities and other Public Bodies
31(21)
2 Duty II - Particular Claimants
52(39)
Unforeseeable Claimants
52(6)
Negligently Inflicted Psychiatric Damage: `Nervous Shock'
58(33)
Primary Claimants
59(6)
Secondary Claimants
65(26)
3 Duty III - Economic Loss
91(61)
Defective Products and Buildings
94(10)
Negligent Statements: Financial Advice
104(32)
Negligent Reference Writing
124(4)
Negligent Preparation of Wills
128(8)
A Review of the Principles
136(5)
Negligent Assurances in a Medical Context
141(11)
4 Breach of Duty
152(33)
Standard of Care
152(5)
Skilled Professionals
157(6)
Children
163(2)
Breach of Duty
165(6)
Likelihood of Harm
165(3)
Severity of Harm
168(2)
The Importance of the Objective
170(1)
The Practicability of Precautions
171(1)
Work-Related Stress
172(4)
Sports and Games
176(5)
Res Ipsa Loquitur
181(4)
5 Causation and Remoteness
185(57)
Causation
185(1)
The Burden of Proof
186(2)
Balance of Probabilities
188(17)
`Lost Chance' Claims
205(7)
Breaks in the Chain of Causation
212(18)
Natural Events
212(1)
Third-Party Acts
212(5)
Medical Intervention
217(2)
The Claimant's Own Act
219(1)
Rescuers
220(1)
Suicide
221(7)
Multiple Causation
228(2)
Remoteness
230(12)
Remoteness and the Eggshell-Skull Rule
237(5)
6 Defences to Negligence
242(36)
Contributory Negligence
242(1)
Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945
242(6)
When does Contributory Negligence Apply?
243(4)
Children and Contributory Negligence
247(1)
Emergencies
248(3)
Higher Reductions
250(1)
Lifestyle
251(1)
Volenti non fit Injuria, or Voluntary Assumption of Risk
251(1)
Negligence in Sport
252(4)
Drunk Drivers and Willing Passengers
256(3)
Voluntariness
259(2)
Rescuers
261(3)
Suicides
264(2)
Ex Turpi Causa: The Illegality Defence
266(12)
7 Occupiers' Liability
278(36)
Occupiers' Liability Act 1957
278(2)
Occupiers' Liability Act 1984
280(2)
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
282(1)
Who is an Occupier?
282(2)
Dangers Due to the State of the Premises
284(4)
The Occupational/Activity Duty
288(2)
The Duty Under the 1957 Act and Using the Premises
290(2)
The 1957 Act and Independent Contractors
292(1)
The 1957 Act and the Standard of Care
293(2)
The Duty in the 1957 Act and Children
295(4)
The Duty in the 1957 Act and Expert Visitors
299(1)
Warnings and the Duties Under the 1957 and 1984 Acts
300(1)
Warnings and Obvious Dangers
301(1)
The 1957 and 1984 Acts and Exclusion of Liability
302(2)
Establishing the Duty of Care Under the 1984 Act
304(10)
s 1(3)(a)-Awareness of the Danger
304(1)
s 1(3)(b)-Awareness of the non-Visitor in the Vicinity of the Danger
305(1)
s 1(3)(c)-the Reasonableness of Offering Some Protection
306(7)
The Content of the Duty
313(1)
8 Product Liability
314(22)
`The Common Law Liability'
314(7)
Consumer Protection Act 1987, Part I
321(15)
The Rationale Underpinning the Directive
324(2)
The Development Risks Defence
326(10)
9 Liability for Animals
336(14)
Animals Act 1971
336(14)
s 2(1)-Liability for Animals Belonging to a Dangerous Species
339(1)
s 2(2)-Liability for Animals Belonging to a non-Dangerous Species
340(7)
The Defences to Liability Under s 2
347(3)
10 Trespass to the Person
350(46)
Battery and Minor Touching
350(6)
Battery, Intention and Negligence
356(2)
Assault
358(2)
False Imprisonment: the Fact of Imprisonment
360(4)
False Imprisonment: Knowledge of Imprisonment
364(3)
False Imprisonment and the Conditions of Detention
367(3)
False Imprisonment and Entry to Land with Consent or on Conditions
370(2)
Trespass and Necessity
372(7)
Trespass to the Person: Consent and Doctors
379(4)
Capacity to Consent
379(3)
Informed Consent
382(1)
The Interests of a Third Party
383(4)
Vitiating Factors
387(3)
Consent: Children and Young Persons
390(2)
Trespass and Self-Defence
392(2)
Restrictions on Suing
394(2)
11 Trespass to Land
396(24)
The Extent of the Interest in Land: Trespass into Airspace
396(6)
Trespass on the Highway
402(2)
Express and Implied Licence
404(2)
Implied Licence and Public Law
406(1)
Implied Licence and Occupiers' Liability
407(1)
Trespass to Land and Necessity
408(4)
Trespass and Injunctions
412(8)
12 Nuisances and Rylands v Fletcher
420(71)
The Right to Sue in Private Nuisance
420(4)
Private Nuisance and Personal Injury
424(1)
Types of Nuisance
425(6)
The Need for an Emanation not an Activity
431(5)
Human Emanations
433(3)
The Importance of the Locality
436(5)
Interferences with Recreational Pursuits
441(2)
The Sensitivity of the Activity Interfered with
443(2)
Foreseeability
445(1)
Malice
446(3)
Nuisance and the Measured Duty of Care
449(7)
Goldman v Hargrave and Statutory Bodies
456(4)
Reasonableness and Continuing Nuisances by Encroachment
460(2)
The Overlap with Negligence
462(1)
Liability of Landlords
463(2)
Coming to the Nuisance
465(3)
The Injunction in Private Nuisance
468(3)
Public Nuisance
471(5)
Special Damage
476(2)
The Principle in Rylands v Fletcher
478(13)
13 Personal Privacy
491(27)
Is There a Right of Privacy?
491(6)
Privacy and Trespass to Land
497(1)
Privacy and Confidentiality
498(11)
Privacy and State Photography
509(1)
Privacy and Protection from Harassment
510(1)
Privacy, Harassment and the Principle in Wilkinson v Downton
511(4)
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
515(3)
14 Defamation
518(53)
Who can Sue in Defamation?
518(4)
The Meaning of `Defamatory'
522(4)
How is the Meaning of Words to be Decided?
526(8)
The Meaning of `Publication'
534(2)
Authorising a Publication
536(2)
The Statement must Identify the Claimant
538(3)
Defamation of a Class of Persons
541(2)
What Defences are Available?
543(9)
What is Malice?
543(1)
What is Fair Comment?
544(5)
Fairness of the Comment
549(2)
Privilege
551(1)
Qualified Privilege
552(4)
Reynolds Privilege
556(11)
Reportage
567(4)
15 Vicarious Liability
571(26)
The Course of Employment
571(10)
Torts Involving Violence
581(3)
Prohibitions
584(2)
The Working Day and Detours
586(3)
Vicarious Liability and Statutory Torts
589(4)
Vicarious Liability and Delegated Tasks
593(1)
Independent Contractors
594(3)
Index 597
Barbara Harvey is Principal Lecturer in Law at De Montfort University, Leicester.

John Marston is Principal Lecturer in Law at De Montfort University, Leicester