Research Catalog

Title

Canadian tort law / Allen M. Linden.

Author

Linden, Allen M.

Publication

Toronto : Butterworth & Co. (Canada), c1977.

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Details

Description

xviii, 623 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Canadian legal textbook series

Uniform Title

Canadian legal textbook series.

Subject

Torts > Canada > Cases

Genre/Form

Trials, litigation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Chapter 1. Introduction: the functions of tort law -- A. Compensation -- B. Deterrence -- C. Education -- D. Psychological function -- E. Market deterrence -- F. Ombudsman -- G. The future of tort law -- Chapter 2. Intentional interference with the person -- A. Intention -- B. Battery -- C. Assault -- D. False imprisonment -- E. Intentional infliction of mental suffering -- F. Punitive damages -- Chapter 3. Defences to the intentional torts -- A. Consent -- B. Slef-defence -- C. Defence of third persons -- D. Defence of property -- E. Necessity -- F. Legal authority -- Chapter 4. Negligence: the standard of care -- A. Elements of a cause for negligence -- B. The standard of care -- C. The reasonable person -- D. The characteristics of the reasonable person -- E. Youth -- F. Mental disability -- G. Professional negligence -- H. Aggravated negligence -- Chapter 5. Necessity of damge and causation -- A. Necessity of damage -- B. Cause-in-fact -- Chapter 6. Custom -- A. Policy --^
• B. Compliance with custom as reasonable care -- C. Compliance with custom as negligence -- D. Deviation from custom -- E. Proof of custom -- Chapter 7. Statutory violations and the standard of care in negligence -- A. Legislative intention and other myths -- B. Why civil courts rely on penal statutes -- C. When civil courts rely on penal statutes: the limitations -- D. How civil courts use penal statutes: procedural effect -- E. A selection of types of statutes and their treatment -- Chapter 8. Proof of negligence -- A. The burden of proof generally -- B. Res ipsa loquitur -- C. When res ipsa loquitur applies -- D. Procedural effect of res ipsa loquitur -- E. Extensions of res ipsa loquitur -- F. Statutory onus shift -- G. Trespass, case, and inevitable accident -- Chapter 9. Duty -- A. The neighbour principle -- B. The unforeseeable plaintiff -- C. Failure to act -- D. Legislation and nonfeasance -- Chapter 10. Remoteness of damage and proximate cause: extent of liability --^
• A. The problem of remoteness defined -- B. Early techniques for limiting liability -- C. The rise of foresight: the wagon mound (no. 1) -- D. Retreat: Hughes v. Lord Advocate: type of damage -- E. Further retreat: the wagon mound (no. 2): possibility of damage -- F. The failure of foresight -- G. A new approach to remoteness -- H. Recurring situations: the thin-skull problem -- I. Another recurring situation: the rescuer -- J. Intervening forces -- Chapter 11. Imperfectly protected interests -- A. Negligent infliction of nervous shock -- B. Negligent infliction of economic loss -- Chapter 12. Liability for negligent statements -- A. Exceptions to no liability rule -- B. Bold spirits conquer: Hedley, Byrne & Co. Ltd. v. Heller & Partners Ltd. -- C. What defendants? -- D. What plaintiffs? -- E. What circumstances? -- F. Governmental liability -- G. Negligent statements in a contractual setting -- Chapter 13. The conduct of the plaintiff -- A. Contributory negligence --^
• B. Voluntary assumptions of risk -- C. Illegality -- Chapter 14. Strict liability -- A. The origin of strict liability -- B. The scope of strict liability -- C. Defences to strict liability -- Chapter 15. Products liability -- A. Contract theory -- B. Tort theory -- Chapter 16. Automobile accident compensation -- A. Tort liability for automobile accidents -- B. Guest passengers -- C. Defects in the present system -- D. The Canadian breakthrough -- E. New stirrings -- Tables of cases -- Index

ISBN

0409845914

LCCN

^^^79309226^

OCLC

• 3556334
• SCSB-10207836

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library