Rediscovering the law of negligence
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Portland :
Hart Publishing ,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Corrective justice, negligence and tort law
- 3. The standard of care
- 4. Duty and remoteness
- 5. Modern approaches to the duty of care
- 6. Misfeasance, nonfeasance and the rights base of the law of negligence
- 7. Economic loss
- 8. Negligent misrepresentation and assumption of responsibility
- 9. Nonfeasance and the liability of public bodies
- 10. Defences
- 11. Wrongful birth, wrongful conception and nervous shock
- 12. Causation
- 13. Proof and uncertainty
- 14. Conclusion