Tort Law.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes, statutory instruments and European legislation -- Chapter 1 Tort law: an introduction -- Comparing tort with other legal wrongs -- The role of policy -- Tort and the requirement of fault -- Reasons for a requirement of fault -- Arguments against a requirement of fault -- Alternative methods of compensation for personal injury -- Reform of the tort system -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 1 -- Reading list -- Chapter 2 Negligence: elements of the tort -- The duty of care -- Development of the duty of care -- Duties of care: the Caparo test -- Duties of care: pure economic loss -- Duties of care: psychiatric injury or 'nervous shock' -- Duties of care: omissions -- Duties of care: liability for the acts of third parties -- Duties of care: special groups -- Breach of a duty of care -- The standard of reasonableness -- Damage -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 2 -- Reading list -- Chapter 3 Negligence: causation, defences, limitation and criticism -- Causation -- The 'but for' test -- Multiple causes -- Intervening events -- Remoteness of damage -- The tests for remoteness -- Proving negligence -- Defences -- Contributory negligence -- Volenti non fit injuria (consent) -- Illegality -- Statutory authority -- Inapplicable defences -- Time limits -- Personal injury cases -- Reform of limitation periods -- Criticisms of negligence law -- Compensating victims of harm -- Marking fault -- Deterring carelessness -- Spreading risk -- Individualism and negligence -- An economic solution? -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 3 -- Reading list -- Chapter 4 Employers' liability -- Employers' liability: the historical position -- The employer's personal duty -- Types of harm -- The scope of the employer's duty -- Defences -- Answering questions.

Summary of Chapter 4 -- Reading list -- Chapter 5 Occupiers' liability -- The law before the Occupiers' Liability Acts -- Who is an occupier? -- Liability to visitors: Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 -- Defences under the 1957 Act -- Liability to trespassers: Occupiers' Liability Act 1984 -- Defences under the 1984 Act -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 5 -- Reading list -- Chapter 6 Product liability -- Product liability in contract -- Product liability in negligence -- The Consumer Protection Act 1987 -- Other remedies for defective products -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 6 -- Reading list -- Chapter 7 Breach of statutory duty -- Scope of the tort -- Elements of the tort -- Defences -- Problems with statutory torts -- Breach of EU legislation -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 7 -- Reading list -- Chapter 8 Deceit -- Elements of the tort -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 8 -- Reading list -- Chapter 9 Defamation -- Elements of defamation -- Parties to a defamation action -- Defences -- Remedies for defamation -- Issues in defamation -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 9 -- Reading list -- Chapter 10 Privacy -- The background to privacy protection -- The current law on privacy -- Elements of the tort -- Remedies -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 10 -- Reading list -- Chapter 11 Nuisance -- Private nuisance -- Elements of the tort -- Who can be sued? -- Who can sue? -- Defences -- Remedies -- Problems with private nuisance -- Nuisance and human rights -- Public nuisance -- Tort actions for public nuisance -- Differences between private and public nuisance -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 11 -- Reading list -- Chapter 12 The rule in Rylands v Fletcher -- Elements of the tort -- Who can sue? -- The mental element -- Defences -- Relationship to other torts.

The role of Rylands v Fletcher -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 12 -- Reading list -- Chapter 13 Trespass to land -- Elements of the tort -- The mental element -- Defences -- Remedies -- Trespass in the criminal law -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 13 -- Reading list -- Chapter 14 Trespass to the person -- Assault -- Battery -- False imprisonment -- Defences -- Other protections from physical harm -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 14 -- Reading list -- Chapter 15 Liability for animals -- Liability for animals at common law -- The Animals Act 1971 -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 15 -- Reading list -- Chapter 16 Joint and several liability -- Types of liability -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 16 -- Reading list -- Chapter 17 Vicarious liability -- Who is an employee? -- In the course of employment -- Independent contractors -- Why is vicarious liability imposed? -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 17 -- Reading list -- Chapter 18 Remedies in tort -- Damages -- Compensatory damages -- Compensation for personal injury -- Non-compensatory damages -- Problems with damages -- Injunctions -- Interlocutory injunctions -- Damages in lieu of injunction -- Answering questions -- Summary of Chapter 18 -- Reading list -- Appendix: Answering examination questions -- General guidelines -- Essay questions -- Problem questions -- Glossary -- Index.

Elliott and Quinn's Tort Law provides an accessible introduction to the essential concepts of this core subject, and continues to be the book of choice for undergraduate students year after year. Written in the authors' trademark clear and engaging style, the book lucidly presents the fundamentals of the law and also introduces critical and contextual analysis to help you start to develop your own critique and deepen your understanding of tort law.

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