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Title

Tort law : text and materials / Mark Lunney and Ken Oliphant.

Author

Lunney, Mark.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Oliphant, Ken.

Description

lvi, 819 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"Lunney and Oliphant's Tort Law represents a new generation of tort law textbook. It is specifically designed to present this complex area of the law to a student audience in the clearest possible manner. By explaining the key points of the law at the beginning of each section and following this with substantial case extracts and further commentary, Tort Law enables the student to develop a thorough understanding of this difficult subject area. Also included is a wide selection of critical writings giving an invaluable overview of the most important academic perspectives on tort law."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Torts > Great Britain
• Torts
• Onrechtmatige daad
• Responsabilité civile > Grande-Bretagne
• Great Britain

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine derived contents note: 1. General Introduction -- 2. Intentional Interference with the Person -- 3. Negligence: Introduction -- 4. Negligence: Breach of Duty -- 5. Negligence: Causation and Remoteness -- 6. Negligence: Defences -- 7. Negligence: Duty of Care -- Psychiatric Illness -- 8. Negligence: Duty of Care -- Economic Loss -- 9. Negligence: Duty of Care -- Omissions, Third Parties -- 10. Negligence: Duty of Care -- Public Bodies -- 11. Special Liability Regimes -- 12. Nuisance and the Rule in Rylands v Fletcher -- 13. Defamation and Privacy -- 14. Vicarious Liability -- 15. Damages for Personal Injury -- 16. Death and Damages -- 17. Tort: Theory and Reform.

ISBN

• 0198764014
• 9780198764014

LCCN

00028545

OCLC

• ocm42913365
• 42913365
• SCSB-8874876

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library