Full Description
This book takes a socio-legal approach and provides a rich and thorough understanding of tort law. Each section begins with a clear overview of the law, followed by illustrative extracts from case law and from government reports and scholarly literature, which are supported by explanation and analysis. This seventh edition has been brought completely up to date by Ken Oliphant and Donal Nolan.
Digital formats
The seventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
· The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools and navigation features: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
· All of OUP's tort law textbooks are supported by online resources including bi-annual updates on the latest key developments in tort law, and self-test questions on key topics, with feedback, providing an opportunity for students to test and consolidate their learning.
Contents
1: General introduction
2: Intentional interference with the person
3: Negligence: introduction
4: Breach of duty
5: Damage, causation and scope of liability
6: Defences to negligence
7: Negligence: duty of care - psychiatric illness
8: Negligence: duty of care - economic loss
9: Negligence: duty of care - omissions and acts of third parties
10: Statutory liability regimes
11: Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher
12: Defamation
13: Privacy
14: Vicarious liability
15: Damages for personal injury
16: Death and damages
17: How tort works
